Something that is important to know about workplace bullying, is this: as a target of workplace bullying, you are not on your own, and you are not the only person to whom this kind of thing was done.
It may be cold comfort now, but when you think about it, victims will come to realise that there are people out there who have survived and come through this ordeal, and who can now help those who are going through it.
They need their support, for this is much too big a thing for them to handle on their own.
The sad thing is that this type of gross behaviour occurs in every organisation - sometimes the professedly purer ones are the worst.
How can someone in any caring profession, for example, be trusted when that profession not only treats its employees in such a despicable way, but then proceeds to cover up the immoral behaviour of the bullies? Careers have been cut short and ruined, marriages have been placed under almost intolerable strain, and serious breakdown in health has been experienced by these good men and women.
In every bullying situation, there were the bullies, there is the victim, but there were also the by-standers, the lookers-on who saw what was happening and did nothing to stop it.
Workplace bullying is currently a growing problem, and decisions must be taken by the courts that will act as a deterrent to those currently engaged in this anti-social behaviour.
In fact, incidences of this doubled in the nineties, and there is no reason to believe that this trend will stop.
Being informed about the nature and trauma of workplace bullying places the victim in an advantageous position, and one that will pave the way for dealing with this anti-social evil most effectively.
Without expert guidance on what is really a life-threatening problem, the road to recovery will be a long way off.