RIP Hallie D. 1995-2012
On January the 4th 2012 Hallie committed suicide after she received multiple death threats and explicit insults on sites such as Tumblr & Formspring. As a result of her suicide, organizations such Wiredsaftey, Isafe and Missingkids have asked for teenage bloggers to take extra thought into messages shared especially anonymous has been enabled. Wiredsaftey said “we should take the sad loss of Hallie as a public statement to those who do bully or harass others online”. Our words speak louder than we may anticipate, I encourage all to think before they speak. Rip Hallie D. 1995-2012. Reblog to help raise awareness.
REBLOG IF YOU HAVE A HEART
omg you just had to add that second part didn’t you
This is really important though. I mean, you never know what somebody’s going through outside of the Internet. Sure it’s easy to say “just exit out of the site!”, the Internet may be their only sense of escape. Being attacked from all sides is tough.
Bottom line: don’t cyber-bully. Or bully in real life. Just don’t bully.
i am screaming
This is… Wow… I wish I had a friend who wld do this for me when I told them about my cutting problemsThe other night I was Skyping with one of my best friends. She lives in Holland and I live in America, so we don’t get to talk often. I trust her so much, and every time we talk I just feel so loved. She’s amazing.
I was talking to her about cutting, and started telling her about how I sometimes take pictures of my self-harm instead of writing about it, or in addition to writing about it. I don’t normally show people the pictures, but I sent her a few. She had been sharing her screen with me because I’d been watching her draw something, so I saw when she opened the files.
She opened this picture, kept it on the screen for a few seconds, closed it, and opened it again in Photoshop. I watched, confused, thinking it had been an accident.
I watched quietly while she erased every line of blood, every scar, every cut from my body. I started recording the screen without thinking- I needed to be able to watch it again. I knew I would need to feel that sense of… relief. That there was someone in my life who knew the extent of me and could still see through to something beautiful.
I wanted to share this with you because I think it’s important. If you feel anything close to how I felt when I saw this, I’m happy. Because you should know that it’s possible to be loved, underneath the pain and the scars and the blood. We are all beautiful.
You’re beautiful, and above all, you are not alone.
This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen on Tumblr. I’m crying so hard right now.
wishful thinking on my behalf, but i know, i’ll never have something like this, but still i’m glade someone was saved from their pain, just a little bit.
