A short article that certainly is touting normalization of cyberstalking is foun

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      A short article that certainly is touting normalization of cyberstalking is found here: http://www.thedatereport.com/dating/communication/in-defense-of-cyberstalking-your-boyfriends-ex/   and is "In defense of cyberstalking your boyfriends ex". Please read this one.       So, I put this out there just in case you were living under a rock and didn't realize that people do this. Kids (adults too but I hear more about it from the tweens and teens that walk into my office) come in and can be on the verge of suicide because of tweets or Facebook comments/posts or other cyber-based challenges. If you are doing this work, you will be faced with these types of issues more and more frequently. So...along with working on Roberts's Model during the crisis intervention, what else might you do to help quiet this storm if the client is still being barraged with negative messages?

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Awareness at different levels regarding the cyberbullying issues can be raised. This could including joining te already existing campaigns dedicated to this cause or establishing newer ones to make a difference. Organizations like the Tyler Clementi Organization are dedicated to spread the message of refraining from cyberbullying. 'Click with compassion' is a message provided by Monica Lewinsky in one of her TED talks where she emphasises the importance of inculcating basic virtues like empathy and compassion online. These factors are in deficit online which tends to make people click of gossip articles, increasing their views, further reiterating their importance. More people are therefore encouraged to engage in such gossip at the cost of other people's well-being. The more views such articles or news blogs get, the more people are encouraged to make such news furthermore. And it goes without saying, all this is at the stake of another person's emotional well-being. Emotion such as shame and humiliation have a greater force to drive a person than many other intense emotions including even anger. This makes a person at the edge of slipping into extreme forms or stress or even depression, depending on their susceptibility and individual resilience. Raising one's voice and encouraging others to do that when we view someone else engaging in cyberbullying is the key to success against this epidemic. The reason this is claimed as an epidemic is because of the alarming statistics that reveal an astonishing number of cases who became a victim of online bullying. Many were led to their deaths in this process. Recently an adult movies star did the same after she received hurtful messages online by a number of strangers. The surprising part is that she showed signs and symptoms in her tweets about being disturbed by these messages. Yet she received more spiteful ones, if not less. This also brings us to the topic of sadism. The constant sense of competition in the modern wold of globalisation and advancement is creating a narrative on its own. This is a narrative where people are stressed more often than they smile, many a times due to comparing themselves to others' journies. This is a more grave issue than one can imagine and its intervention needs to be undertaken at different levels. Primary level, where we aim at reducing such issues altogether through spreading more and more awareness. At a secondary level, people who are being cyberbullied need to be identified by increasing the radar of groups that are aimed to do so. Finally on a tertiary level of intervention, once the need is assessed, services such as counseling, stress management and other therapeutic interventions are to be carried out for them.

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