The
shock of your death has shaken our school from your best friend to someone like
me who didn’t even know you. Although I wish I did. It is horrible that I have
to meet you this way and I wish I knew how much you were hurting before you
made the decision to end it all. I think what you did taught a lesson to our
whole school, that no action should go unnoticed. The signs of depression are
small but prominent and it hurts me that nobody noticed yours. What also sucks
is although this has changed the way people have treated each other in the last
few days, I’m afraid that it will stay in those few days. Kennedy needs to change
this, for you, because nobody should ever have to feel as lonely and hurt like
you did. We need to start treating EVERYONE like a human being, not just our
friends. Being nice goes a long way and it could make someone’s whole day. This
situation made me want to get to know every single person at Kennedy because I am
saddened that your sadness went unnoticed. I wish we would have learned this
sooner and that it shouldn’t take an innocent teenage girl with her whole life
ahead of her to finally wake up and realize how we need to treat people. My
prayers go out to your family in this horrific situation. Rest up.
To everyone reading this,
Please
don’t ever feel like you are alone. There is always someone who has an open
door and ear and would love to help you out of feeling down. Girls are mean,
there is no doubt in that claim. They tear each other a part even if they were
best friends only a year ago and the harsh words really do get to you. I can’t
stress enough how important it is to be kind to one another. You never know who
is going through what and one dirty look could put them over the edge. So I challenge
you: Don’t criticize anybody for an hour, then a day, and then a week, and see
how much better you feel and how many feelings you didn’t hurt. Teenagers are
losing the fight to suicide at an astonishing rate now and it sucks that it
took one of our own to commit it to realize what needs to be changed. Why can’t
we just be decent people? Surround yourself with positivity and positivity will
come out of you. Just be kind.
To anyone feeling like they have no one,
You
matter. That’s the first thing you need to hear. I don’t care if girls are
tearing you down with mean actions and words and making you feel worthless, you
matter. You need to believe this and believe that you will get through ever
feeling that you are feeling right now. But do not end it. Think about your mom
finding you and wondering where she went wrong. Think about your dad having to
stay up all night because he is haunted by the fact that he couldn’t help you.
Think about your best friend and how she wouldn’t be able to deal with coming
to school because she couldn’t deal with the reminder that you won’t ever walk
her to 2nd period ever again. Think about your significant other and
how they would be broken. Most of all, think about the impact. A suicide
effects everyone even the people who never even heard of you, like Brielle and
I. I never knew her yet I’m stuck thinking about her for the past few days
hurting because of how she was hurting. You matter. You can do it, Don’t give
up.
-Brooke
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