Suicide and Bullying Awareness

This post will be a bit different than my other posts. This post will actually be dead serious. See, I have a friend who is going through a really hard time. Not just the "i'm feeling sad today" hard time, but hard time as in she really doesn't see a reason to stay alive anymore. I've known this girl for a while now.  she and I are just so much alike. In all honestly, it's freaky. She's the type of friend that would take a bullet for you, and you would do the same for her.

A while back, she told me her real views on life. How much she hated herself, how worthless and pathetic she felt. She practically told me she was suicidal.  To be honest, it really hit me. Hard. She had tried telling me in the past but I just brushed her off thinking it was just one of her many moods. But after that conversation, I realized she was serious. One day she texted me while crying and told me she couldn't do it anymore, that her life was too hard and she didn't know how to handle it.  She then stopped texting me afterwards and wouldn't return any of my calls or texts. I was desperate. I didn't know what to do. So when she texted me the next day, I couldn't breathe. She was ok and very much alive. If someone like God really does exist, thank you. Thank you so much for not taking her away from me and all of the people who care about her. 

Some of you may be asking yourselves what the point of this post is. Here. Here's the point. Many people are going through similar things as my friend, and it really needs to stop. Making someone feel stupid, worthless and less than you is just plain cruel. Calling someone out for something they've done? Well guess what, I'm pretty sure you've done something you aren't proud of either. Making up rumors about somebody? Here's some harsh reality. The things you say about someone else, tells more about how YOU are as a person, rather than them.  These are just some of the different scenarios that we all see and hear every day. It honestly has to stop. Is it okay to make fun of someone? No. Would you be happy if someone did the same to you? No. I know bullying isn't going to stop anytime soon, but if you see somebody getting bullied, stand up for them. Help them. Talk to them. Those people could be fighting for their lives and you wouldn't even know.  

-Dani