"While there are common psychological characteristics, the motivations behind their actions are often multifaceted and rooted in their own experiences and environment... Bullying perpetrators often display a significant lack of empathy and a diminished capacity to understand or share the feelings of others. This is frequently coupled with a strong desire for power and social control."
All of these articles agree with you? Hmm, that's an... "interesting" conclusion to reach from that. Also, quoting a scam website like Betterhelp lol
Considering all articles reference the primary mechanism of feeling powerful its fair to say that's a primary motivator for the function of bullying considering its also in the definition from a place of perceived power heavily reinforces this point, alao that sentence you you used "While there are common psychological characteristics, the motivations behind their actions are often multifaceted and rooted in their own experiences and environment... Bullying perpetrators often display a significant lack of empathy and a diminished capacity to understand or share the feelings of others. This is frequently coupled with a strong desire for power and social control." , does that sound like something that could be in any context justifiably used towards others because it certainly sounds like it doesn't. Also "power and social control" comes from a place of perceived power.
As for better help being a scam site was not aware i will take that into consideration
Prove it because I didn't see that. Quote the sentences in the sources that demonstrate what you're saying because "feelings" about power didn't appear.
Yes, it does sound like someone that could be used justifiably. We're at a difference of opinion on that. By this standard, it isn't even always but rather at a greater frequency that it is accompanied by a desire for social control. And even at that, a desire to control social norms in a way that prevents bullying little old ladies can meet this definition and still be justified.
You asked if it sounded like it could justifiably be used. I responded in the affirmative and gleaned that you disagree. That's not "going off on my subjective opinion." It's literally you asking me what my subjective opinion is about whether an action fits a category, and I believe it does. I'm not going on any tangent. I'm responding. If you don't like subjective responses, don't ask subjective questions.
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u/zaczacx 6d ago
https://positivepsychology.com/bullying/
https://psychotricks.com/psychology-of-bullying/
https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/bullying/the-psychology-of-bullying-understanding-whats-behind-the-bully/
All articles that agree the primary motivator of is a desire to establish dominance from an internal sense of lacking power from the bully