Isn’t it ironic that today being Valentine’s Day with people everywhere showing love and all sorts of things, someone also tried to commit suicide? I mean she even did but it just didn’t work. At first I thought but oh, why would a person try to commit suicide on valentine’s day and did she see something she wasn’t supposed to see?
Did her boyfriend leave her? Did she find out she was the side chick? I had a lot of questions but it turned out none of that was the problem. From what I heard, her parents died last year and just the beginning of this year, her only sibling also lost her life in an accident. Such a sad incident.
And she’s not even that old. She’s about 20 something and then she’s yet to even start working. After her parents died, her only hope was her sister, only for her to be called that her sister was also gone. I couldn’t even imagine the pain she went through before deciding to end her life. I was really overwhelmed even before hearing the reason behind why she wanted to kill herself.
For me, I was surprised and sad when I heard it but the others around me were laughing. Others were even saying they should give her more poison to drink and die. This is something the society does which makes no sense to me. What do you mean by we should give her more poison to drink? It’s just sad that over here in Africa, we don’t take issues of mental health seriously.
Although they later apologized for their actions after hearing the reason behind why the girl’s actions. But I was already angry because someone tried to take her life and you have to hear the reason behind the actions before feeling sorry or offering help? I mean even if you don’t want to be there for her, why not just shut up rather than make up unnecessary comments to make the situation worse. And if you want to help, just do it in a nice way.
And it truly hurts me when I see people being like that. Others could even go to the extreme of passing on comments like “why would you commit suicide when there are good things in life?”. “All you need is data and internet to keep you happy”. “Why would you even want to kill yourself when they is so much enjoyment in this world?”
To me, it’s just like saying why are asthmatic people using inhalers when there’s so much oxygen or why do people need glasses to see when there’s so much sunlight? I really hope that in the end, we stop being like that to people who need help. It would really be nice if the society gives the actual help these people need to them and stop all these silly comments they make the moment they find out someone tried to end his/her life.
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I really pray that she gets the help she needs. Her world will be so lonely now, and I can imagine how hard that will be.
Very sad.
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The pain that comes with losing a loved one cuts deep, I cannot imagine how much pain she is in losing them in the space of 1 year.
Very sad !!! People are really going through a lot
Yes, they are.