Taunting Is Daunting:
The Perils of Childhood Bullying/Emotional Damage
to Victims/Cycle of Suffering
By Dr. Michael Obsatz – October 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of young children are bullied, abused, and abandoned in
America these days. Their outcries of pain are rarely taken seriously enough.
Living in a World of Empire Consciousness, we are continually barraged with
messages like:
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You are not enough.
If you don’t wear X, do X, you won’t fit it.
You are judged by others all the time.
You are incompetent, worthless.
You are not good enough to belong here.
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Children are teased and taunted by other children, adolescents and adults. The purpose
of feeling worthless for Empire is that it encourages people to buy products they don’t
really need. Empire Consciousness is about power, control, hierarchy, domination,
fear, scarcity, narcissism, separation, addiction and external validation.
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One of my favorite books is by Anne Wilson Schaef called When Society Becomes
an Addict. America was always an addictive culture from the beginning. Empire
is about denial, addiction, and dividing and conquering.
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Bullying includes verbal shaming and threats, physical abuse, sexual abuse,
neglect, abandonment, and school shootings.
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Many who engaged in mass shootings have been damaged emotionally.
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So, emotions and reactions do victims of continual harassment and abuse possess?
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Anger Sadness Unlovability/unworthiness Abandonment
Rage Desperation Depression Isolation/loneliness
Trauma Fear Betrayal Self-blame
Mistrust Shame Helplessness Despair/hopeless
Hyper-vigilance
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If we want to stop violence against others, and if we want to create a more
compassionate world, we have to understand the suffering of the victims and listen
to their pain. And then vow to stop bullying behavior when it occurs.
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Part of Empire Consciousness is living in denial, not wanting to do the emotional
and spiritual work it takes to provide love, support and safety for all. Nobody is
safe until everyone is safe. It is time to understand the role Empire Consciousness
plays in encouraging this cycle of suffering.
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Only Oneness Consciousness (love, compassion, empathy, equality, collaboration,
abundance, and accepting all people) can stop the daunting bullying that haunts so
many of our children and adults.
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© 2025, Dr. Michael Obsatz, all rights reserved, www.lifesjourney.us
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