Their [victims of severe bullying] waking life may be dominated by a sense of dread, constantly keeping one the look out for 'dangerous' situations, by thoughts about what might happen next, and by memories or images of recent distressing experiences. Disturbing dreams may prevent them sleeping at night. Their daily behavior will be a product of all these experiences, which seriously interfere with their ability to do the things they wish to do, in the ways that they otherwise would.

— From Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler

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