Quote:
Originally Posted by Ducay
Don't doubt that, but c'mon, kid lives in Vancouver and has internet access, life can't be that rough. I know about a billion people who would gladly trade places with her just to be in Canada and have access to school and a roof overhead.
Move out east, stop using the internet, quit going to school and build a teepee all day, go plant trees, there are about a million options to get away from it that are better than the decision she made.
Don't get me wrong, things were obviously bad enough that she did this, but I just don't get how someone can see that as the only option.
|
You can't compare one person's struggle to another. Fact is no one knows what one person is struggling with. What may seem frivolous to one, seems like the end of the world to another. It's easy to say, she could've done this or that, but to her, she was stuck, and things got so bad for her that it was her only option. It is sad, and my thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family.
And being someone who was bullied as a kid, and suffered severe depression as an adult, and still have episodes, suicide does look like the only option. I can't count the times during my lowest moments that I thought about it, and I'm forever grateful that I had someone to talk to and that helped me through it. A kid however. There life is now, it's all they see, it's all they know, and when it becomes unbearable for them it does seem like their only option cause they really don't know what else to do. They don't understand that there is help out there for them.
Even I found it hard to ask for help. As a kid you don't fathom that people will help you, you feel almost like the world is against you, and as an adult, people assume it as a sign of weakness.
It's like quicksand. One thing happens and you get stuck, another thing happens and you struggle to move, and you get deeper, you sink more and more, and the more you struggle with it the harder it is to get out till you get so overwhelmed that your in over your head. It's tough, being someone that has been there, and at that tipping point asking for help is one of hardest things to do.
I'm all for the anti bullying campaigns that come up, but I think WAAYYY more should be put into helping these kids. Focus more on the mental health and well being of these kids, and doing more to police social media and more or less taking things more seriously. How to do that, I wish I knew.