PLEASE read this, PLEASE reblog it, take it in, and stick with me through this, it won’t take long.
Did you know that bullying victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims? Did you know at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying? Did you know 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying? Did you know that gay and lesbian teens are two to three times as more likely to commit teen suicide than other youths? Did you know that 2/3 of people suffering from depression don’t seek treatment? Did you know that untreated depression is the number ONE cause of suicide?
Do you even THINK before you hide behind your computer and hit send, what kind of damage you’re doing? Do you think about it when you laugh at the kid that’s getting bullied instead of helping them? Do you think about the fact that you have the power to change someones life for better or worse? Do you think about the families that will be left behind to grieve and blame themselves?
I’m tired of seeing this. I’m tired of the hate. I’m tired of people judging each other. I’m tired of racism. I’m tired of homophobia. I’m tired of weight and sexual discrimination. STOP. Just stop. You don’t know someone elses life, you don’t know if you’re going to be the last one to push them to the edge. You don’t know if you will cause them to have an eating disorder, cut, or kill themselves. Don’t make someone feel worthless. Stop complaining about society, you are society. Instead DO something about it. Use your voice for GOOD. If you want to bully someone on anon, do it to me, I can take it. But please just stop and think before you hit send, because that one action, those words you say, they matter. If you took out one part of your life, something someone said to you, something someone did, I GUARANTEE you would end up on a different path than the one you’re on right now. Just one thing.
Please, don’t let it get to the point to where someone has to shoot up a school, starve themselves, purge, cut, or kill themselves. Don’t let someone feel useless, alone, or ugly. EVERYONE is beautiful, the beauty you might not see, someone else will. But you have NO RIGHT to tell someone that they should cut, or starve themselves, or kill themselves, you really don’t. These lives lost are not meaningless, don’t ignore what is going around you. Take a look around. We’re all walking around with secrets, things no one knows, we all hide behind a mask, whether we want to or not, and that is who people see, not YOU. You may think you know someone, but you don’t know their thoughts before they go to sleep, you don’t know what they do when they are alone. You get ONE life. Leave behind something people will want to remember.
And for anyone feeling alone right now, or to anyone that’s being bullied right now, or wants to cut, or needs anything at all. Talk to me. I am here for you, and I always will be here for you. Reach out to someone if you want to die, because you will see that they care, I know that’s why I’m here right now. Please stay strong, face another day. It gets better.
I’ll just reblog this again cause I’m seeing way too much anon hate today and it’s seriously sad.