[skinny118]

Can someone please tell me why an adult would bully other adults? I'm guessing there is a psychological reason. Insecurity maybe?

[Crazy Hitch]

Thank you for asking this, skinny118.

I am unable to respond from any kind of personal opinion on this.

So I thought the next best thing is to show you this blog from an Author here at Psychcentral

Understanding Adult Bullies | The Emotionally Sensitive Person

This should hopefully shed some insight for you.

[skinny118]

Thank you, Hooligan, this article helped a lot!

[IceCreamKid]

I don't have an article for you to read, but I can share some personal experiences of things I have seen and experienced personally.

One of the worst bullies I ever knew seemed to be stuck in jr high, even though she was almost old enough for Social Security. I got the impression her life went off track about age 12 or 13 and she was flailing out at people she thought were the easiest targets to even the score.

Another bully I knew was an extremely angry alcoholic who appeared to have deep seated feelings of inadequacy going way back to his early childhood.

It is a form of violence to bully someone.

[Thunder Bow]

Originally Posted by skinny118

Can someone please tell me why an adult would bully other adults? I'm guessing there is a psychological reason. Insecurity maybe?

Bullying is all about Control. When a parson bullies another person, that person is trying to control the other person. Also the bully wants to be the center off attention.

[pegasus]

Hello skinny118,

Yes bullying is about control and power. A person may have learnt as a child that the best way to get what they want is to bully others. I've come across many adult bullies in the work place and the best thing to do is to view them as very insecure people and just walk away if you can. Bullying is abuse so if this is in the work place then you need to report it. A bully will carry on bullying if they can get away with it.

[Hellion]

Of course anywhere bullying gets mentioned, 'insecure' people are mentioned in the same breath. I have insecurities relating to experiencing endless bullying as a kid, and would not describe myself as 'secure' yet I don't try and bully people. I think it is important to remember well adjusted people can also bully as can even the most normal of people....sometimes people get pleasure out of being mean, or might want to avoid getting bullied by doing nothing to stop it or taking part.

I have had insecure bullies who obviously where projecting or taking things out on other kids, and I had the well adjusted normal kids bullly me because I was 'weird', and I've had the sort who wanted to keep from getting bullied themselves by picking on me. I imagine with adults there are also varying sorts and not all are insecure most likely.