How does getting bullied in high school affect your self esteem as an adult?

It knocks your self esteem a bit the more apparent issues are learnt self victimisation, loss of self confidence, excessive conformity, lack of individualism, minimal self awareness, repressed urges, raised anxiety, aggressive or insecure impulses. Possible side effects include: shyness (can be excessive), high anxiety, possible indecisiveness, loneliness, lack of motivation, depression, feel like being shunned by the outside world. Bullies, on the other hand, suffer the following: avoiding accountability, lack of self control, repressed feelings of self victimisation, insecurity, inaccurate representation of the way the world works, lack of self generated self esteem, masochism, trying to live up to an image that conflicts with who they may actually be, possible inability to integrate in a social group properly.

All of this may sound familiar. However, if the individual already has a strong foundation of emotional intelligence and self control, he/she might be exposed to all of this ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.