I Talk About Bullying and Suicide

Thirteen Reasons Why.

It's seriously an eye-opener.

Suicide is no laughing matter. And it's certainly no joke when someone dies-especially if they take their own life.

Before I continue, here is the summary, taken from Goodreads:

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier.

On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.

Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.

"Heartrending" and "deeply affect" alright. If you have read the book, you'll understand.

What's such a shocker (to me) is how things mindlessly done drove a girl to suicide. It seemed small and insignificant when it looked like Hannah was still optimistic and such, but it was so sad to see how those "small" things made Hannah's optimistic nature fade.

Personally, I hate bullying. to those who were never at the receiving end of such a thing, be grateful. You've never realized how it is to feel unwanted.

Even now I feel unwanted. And if I want to point a finger at someone, then I would point it to a tall, skinny, basketball player with the goofiest smile I've ever seen, along with the habit of shouting "Loser!" whenever I make some mistake that certainly won't cause anyone to die.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm really pissed with that guy's attitude. I always  have been, but now, more than ever. As I said, suicide isn't a joke. a person won't walk on this earth anymore, a family will have to deal with grief, a desk would be empty, and don't forget using "was" instead of "is." Along with people looking back at the past thinking "What if I had done something to help her/him?"

So please be careful of your actions. On the surface, that rumor you started or that prank you pulled might be shrugged off as harmless. But you can't know how deeply it would affect the victim.

Suicide is no joke, and your joke probably might not be one.