Workplace Bullying Can Trigger Anxiety and Depression
HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter
Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:
- Workplace Bullying Can Trigger Anxiety and Depression
- The Result of Workplace Bullying
- How to Deal with Workplace Bullying
- Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
- From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
- Stand Up for Mental Health
- Latest Mental Health News
Workplace Bullying Can Trigger Anxiety and Depression
Who would believe that bullying would continue into the workplace? Many people expect bullying to end the day that final high school bell rings (The Effects of Bullying). They hope that those in college, and even in the workforce, will treat them as an equal and without judgment. The truth is that bullying continues every day and age does not play a part when it comes to how people treat others and the hurtful things that are said.
The Result of Workplace Bullying
Workplace bullying can cause typically happy, confident people to feel depressed, insecure and anxious. If someone feels they don't fit into a niche at work, they can feel attacked by those around them and hurt by every gaze. Hushed whispers can bring unneeded anxiety and when returning home, depression can often take over. These kinds of actions and thoughts can make someone fragile turn to alcohol, self-harm and, sometimes, suicide as an answer.
How to Deal with Workplace Bullying
Instead of focusing on the painful comments co-workers and fellow staff members throw at you, focus on yourself and your work. Be proud of what you are doing and if your job is something you find passion in, focus on that passion and don't let others tear you down. Bullying absolutely plays a part in the mental health realm and if you take the time to focus on your own happiness, you will find yourself with the willpower to push past the negative people surrounding you.
Articles Related to Bullying and the Workplace
- How to Deal with Narcissistic and Psychopathic Bullies at the Workplace
- How to Deal with an Emotional Bully
- Dealing with Verbal Abuse at Work
- Narcissism in the Workplace
Your Thoughts
Today's Question: What effect has workplace bullying had on you and have you found an effective way to cope with it? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.
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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:
- Letter to An Abusive Man
- Don’t Just Get Rid of Anxiety. Replace the Anxiety!
- Ending a Relationship: How Do You Know When Enough Is Enough?
If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.
- Managing Your Mental Illness Through The Holidays (Mental Health Treatment Circle Blog)
- Fight Depression By Setting Reachable Goals for 2015 and Living Life, Even When Depressed (Coping with Depression Blog)
- Social Anxiety: We Worry About Faults, Ignore Our Strengths and My Response To My Loved One’s Feelings About Anxiety (Anxiety-Schmanxiety Blog)
- Bipolar and Being Denied the Disability Tax Credit (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Pros/Cons of Self-Employment While Living with Depression (Work and Bipolar or Depression Blog)
- Mental Health Myths Can Be Dangerous and Should Others Have Input In Your Mental Health Treatment? (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- PTSD, Addiction and Self-Esteem (Trauma! A PTSD Blog)
- Body Image and Self-Esteem and Want Higher Self-Esteem? Stop Doing These 6 Things (Building Self-Esteem Blog)
- Mental Health Stigma of Seeking Help For Your Mental Illness (Surviving Mental Health Stigma Blog)
- Fighting the Stigma Against Veterans with Combat PTSD (Understanding Combat PTSD)
- Binge Eating Disorder and Unwanted Medical Advice (Binge Eating Recovery Blog)
- Healing From Abuse: Decide What You Want (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
- Peter Pan, We All Grow Up but It’s Not Easy to Grow Up (Speaking Out About Self-Injury Blog)
- Symptoms of Child-Onset Schizophrenia (Your Mental Health Blog)
- Putting One Foot in Front of the Other With Anxiety (Treating Anxiety Blog)
- Advocating for A Child with Mental Illness (Life with Bob)
- Rethinking Dissociative Living 5: A Proper Goodbye (Dissociative Living Blog)
- Your Eating Disorder Recovery Has To Come First (Surviving ED Blog)
- Live Your Kind of Life (Living A Blissful Life Blog)
- How Self-Acceptance Affects Depression in LGBTQ Individuals (The Life: LGBT Mental Health Blog)
- New Year’s Resolution: Quit Drinking, Smoking, or Drugging and The Culture of Binge Drinking on Campus (Debunking Addiction Blog)
- Schizoaffective Disorder and What It’s Like to Hear Voices and Homeless With Schizophrenia (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.
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Stand Up for Mental Health
Thousands Have Joined the Stand Up for Mental Health Campaign
But we still need you. Let others know there's no shame in having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trichotillomania, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia or any other mental illness.
Join the Stand Up for Mental Health campaign. Put a button on your website or blog (buttons for family members, parents, mental health professionals and organizations too). We also have covers for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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Latest Mental Health News
These stories and more are featured on our mental health news page:
- PTSD Risk Could Be Increased By Certain Genes
- Psychosocial Experiences In Childhood May Influence Later-Life Cardiovascular Health
- How Memory Is Processed 'May Influence Risk Of PTSD'
- Exercise Protects Against Depression - But How?
- Therapeutic Advances Or Fads In Psychotropic Drug Prescribing?
- PTSD Toll On Civilians Ignored By Federal Legislation
- Can Depression And Guilt In Preschool Years Change The Brain?
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APA Reference
Aline, J.
(2015, January 13). Workplace Bullying Can Trigger Anxiety and Depression, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, November 2 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/workplace-bullying-can-trigger-anxiety-and-depression
