The following article is good information about bullying. Simply stated, bullies have low cortisol (stress hormone) level. This means that they have a low stress threshold. When a bully is stressed, the negative emotional processor is shut-down or overwhelmed, and the positive emotional processor is activated. Therefore, bullies enjoy or find pleasure in bullying another. A bully, in some cases, was at one time, bullied. Just like cases where the abused becomes the abuser. A victim of abuse that becomes and abuser will exert pain to his victim, but to the abuser, the pain he inflicted can never compare to the pain he suffered. As the abuser grows older, the abuse becomes more violent. Researchers from the University of Chicago report results from a four-year study of boys with behavioral problems. Boys with low cortisol levels began antisocial acts at a younger age than their peers, displayed three times the aggressiveness of other boys their age and were three times as likely to be singled out as a bully or mean. Read more: ehow/about_6103180_low-cortisol-levels-aggression.html#ixzz31xpGnJeG Eating meat increases aggression. I think this gives a clear picture of the body chemistry of a BULLY!
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 09:57:16 +0000
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