19 CASES OF BULLYING AMONG [REAL] YOUTH - ECONOMÍA - 2025

We expose 19 real cases of bullying and cyberbullying that are characterized by their fatal outcome and the lack of training of education professionals. Cases and stories of bullying in schools and outside of them with cyberbullying have multiplied in recent years.

The figures of adolescents and minors who take their own lives due to different types of bullying are an alarm sign that educational professionals should take into account to work more on prevention.

These cases that we present to you are only 19 of many that exist in educational centers. One more example that the educational system and education professionals are not acting well in the face of these abuses.

Recent real stories of bullying and cyberbullying

1. Miriam, 8 years old

Miriam is an 8 year old girl who goes to elementary school. She loves animals, so she always has pictures of them in her notebooks and books. In addition, it also has a backpack in the shape of a puppy.

Her classmates laugh and make fun of her, they compare her with the animals that she carries on her stickers or even with her backpack because she is overweight. Also, since she is “fat” they take away her money and a snack at recess.

Despite the fact that he has told the teachers repeatedly, they did not do much to change the situation. Miriam, to try to improve the situation, stopped eating and is currently hospitalized due to the great anorexia she suffers.

2. Tania, 14 years old

Tania, a 14-year-old teenager, has tried to commit suicide due to the continuous threats, robberies and assaults of her high school classmates. Despite having filed 20 complaints against 19 of her colleagues, the situation has not changed.

In January 2014, she was hospitalized for 15 days due to the brutal ingestion of Valium 5 pills. Despite the change of center, the threats continue today.

3. Diego, 11 years old

It is a recent case of bullying in Spain. Diego, a boy who was 11 years old, was a victim of this practice in an educational center in Madrid.

His mother remembers that her son told him that he did not want to go to school, so his mood was always very sad, even once he lost his voice due to a blow he had suffered at school from his classmates.

The day he committed suicide, his mother went to pick him up from school and he kept telling her to run to get out of there.

4. Jokin Z, 14 years old

It was one of the first cases of bullying that saw the light in Spain. After months of being a victim of bullying, she decided to commit suicide. It seems that the parents could not prevent this event since this adolescent was suffering for two years.

As a result of his suicide, eight classmates were charged and the parents reported the institute. However, all but one were acquitted.

5. Jairo, 16 years old

Jairo is a 16-year-old boy from a town in Seville who has also suffered bullying due to his physical disability. He has an orthopedic leg due to an operation that went wrong, so his teammates are continually making fun of him.

They not only tripped her but also tried to take her off in gymnastics. On the other hand, on social networks they uploaded photos of him manipulated with computer programs with bad words that made Jairo not want to go to school.

Due to the suffering that this type of behavior caused him, Jairo asked to change schools and is currently in another institute.

6. Yaiza, 7 years old

At the age of 7, Yaiza suffered bullying from her classmates. They continually insulted her, to the point that Yaiza had a hard time convincing herself that what her companions told her she was was not true.

Not only did they insult her, they also stole her breakfast and even once even threw a table at her.

She was fortunate to have a teacher who was involved in the issue of bullying and helped her to change schools and understand why this type of practice occurs in schools.

7. Alan, 17 years old

This 17-year-old adolescent was bullied by his peers because he was transsexual. On December 30, 2015, he took his life by taking pills mixed with alcohol.

It was not the first time that he had tried it, since he had been admitted on numerous occasions due to suffering from it for years. As in other cases, Alan had been changed schools but that was not enough.

8. Ryan, 14 years old

After years of psychological assault, in 2003 14-year-old Ryan decided to commit suicide because he was supposedly gay. It all started because a friend of his posted online that he was gay.

Due to this, he did not stop receiving jokes, ridicule and humiliation on the part of his classmates. This case helped pass the Harassment Prevention Act in the US state of Vermont, months after his death.

9. Arancha, 16 years old

This 16-year-old girl decided to throw herself from the sixth floor. The reason was the bullying she suffered from her high school classmates in Madrid.

Arancha suffered from motor and intellectual disabilities, more than enough reason to scoff at her class. Although her parents had reported this to the police, it was not enough to prevent the fatal outcome.

It seems that a classmate asked him for money and sent him rude messages for months.

Minutes before jumping into the void, she said goodbye to those closest to her by sending them a message via WhatsApp, saying that "she was tired of living."

10. Lolita, 15 years old

Lolita is currently undergoing medical treatment due to the depression she suffers, which has paralyzed her face. This young woman from Maipú (Chile) was bullied by 4 classmates from her school.

Apparently, her classmates teased and humiliated her in class and this affected her seriously. The school - according to the mother - knew about the mistreatment her daughter was receiving and did nothing to prevent it.

11. Rebeca, 15 years old

Rebeca's case in the State of Florida is an example of cyberbullying. She decided to take her life in 2013 due to the continuous threats and humiliations she suffered from her colleagues on social networks.

Both her mother and she had informed the teachers at the center of this situation, however they did not work to stop their attackers at any time. Days before her death she posted on her profile “I'm dead. I can not stand it anymore".

12. Phoebe Prince, 15 years old

This 15-year-old Irish immigrant girl was harassed by nine teenagers who were tried in 2010. Not only did they do it physically and psychologically, but there was also cyberbullying through mobile phones and the Internet.

Phoebe was humiliated and assaulted for 3 months at her institute, until she ended up hanging herself. The group of people who harassed her continued to do so even after her death.

13. Rehtaeh, 15 years old

This girl from the city of Halifax (Nova Scotia) decided to hang herself in her bathroom after suffering cyberbullying by not only her schoolmates, but also strangers. Rehtaeh got drunk at a party, in which in addition to raping her, they photographed her while it happened.

This photo began to circulate everywhere, so even guys she didn't know asked her to sleep with her on social media. On the other hand, her own high school classmates insulted and made fun of her.

14. Óscar, 13 years old

This 13-year-old, who is in the first year of secondary school, decided to drink liquid to unclog pipes for the sole purpose of not going to school. Óscar was not only harassed by his classmates, but also by one of his teachers.

He cannot contain the urge to go to the bathroom due to a urinary problem and apparently his teacher would never let him go, so on one occasion he did it on himself.

From that moment on, he not only had to deal with the treatment he received from his teacher, but also from his classmates, who made fun of him and repeatedly insulted him.

15. Monica, 16 years old

Monica lived in Ciudad Real (Spain) and was 16 years old when she decided to commit suicide due to the treatment she received at the school from her classmates. They used to insult her on the bus, threatened her, posted pictures and rude comments about her on social media, etc.

For this reason, he decided to commit suicide to end all that hell that his classmates put him through despite the fact that his father, a day before he took his own life, lodged a complaint with the head of studies about what was happening to his daughter.

16. Maria, 11 years old

This girl from Madrid (Spain) suffered harassment from her classmates in a religious school in this city. Her classmates not only made fun of her but also even physically abused her.

For their part, the teachers denied such abuses and did not defend her or take measures to stop this from happening. Because of this, she tried to commit suicide by taking 12 pills without success.

17. Amanda, 15 years old

Amanda, a minor of Canadian origin, committed suicide after posting a video on social networks denouncing that she suffered bullying.

It all started when he sent a topless photo of himself to a stranger on the webcam, from that moment the insults, beatings and harassment began on the internet.

All these episodes lasted 3 years, Amanda even changed schools to be able to rebuild her life although it did not help. She entered a process of acute anxiety and depression that led her to use drugs.

18. Zaira, 15 years old

Another victim of bullying by her classmates. In Zaira's case, it all started when she was recorded with her mobile while she was in the bathroom.

These girls disseminated the video among all the companions of the center, among others that they made later.

Because of these recordings, Zaira had to consent to the continuous teasing from her colleagues and even physical abuse. Thanks to a classmate from a lower grade, she was able to face these classmates and this story had a happy ending.

19. Marco, 11 years old

This minor had been enduring the harassment he suffered from his schoolmates for five years. They made fun of him because he was supposedly overweight, although in reality he was not.

They humiliated him on many occasions and even once, they even took off his clothes in gym class.

Apparently, a teacher knew what was happening to her and took no action. Finally, Marco is currently in another school because he told everything that happened to his parents.

Themes of interest

If you want to know more about bullying you can visit:

• What is bullying?
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• How to prevent the bullying
• Cyberbullying