(May 14, 2015 at 12:28 pm)pocaracas Wrote: YES, fighting back WORKS! If you know you can pull it.
It can work. I was bullied pretty hard from age 7 to 15. I always fought back, and got my ass kicked a lot (and, I'll add, school did nothing). It only ended when I very publicly retaliated in a very visible way that humiliated the bully.
I don't want to suggest that responding with violence is the solution, though.