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Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Next2Bezee(m): 1:01pm On Oct 20, 2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218532/Amanda-Todd-Anonymous-names-man-drove-teen-kill-spreading-nude-pictures.html

Amanda Todd, a Vancouver-area teenager who posted a story to YouTube last month about being cyber-bullied, was found dead Wednesday night in Coquitlam, Canada. Authorities believe she committed suicide.

Amanda's video tells a heart-wrenching story of the bullying she was subjected to -- both online and off. "In 7th grade," she begins, sharing her message on cue cards, "I would go with friends on webcam [to] meet and talk to new people." At one point, a stranger flattered her into flashing the camera.

One year later, a man contacted her on Facebook, threatening to send around the picture of her topless "if [she] don't put on a show." Terrifyingly, the stranger knew everything about her: her address, school, friends, relatives, and the names of her family members. Soon, her naked photo had been forwarded "to everyone."

Amanda developed anxiety, depression, and anxiety disorders, she says in the video, followed by a path into drugs and alcohol.

She changed schools and found a new group of friends in an effort to leave behind the bullies. Then the man created a Facebook profile, using her uncensored photo as his profile picture. "Cried every night, lost all my friends and respect people had for me... again... then nobody liked me," she wrote in the video.

Soon after, the bullying started again and she began to cut herself. Amanda moved to yet another school, where, after a boy began flirting with her, a troupe of girls from her first school came and beat her up. "Kids filmed it," she writes. "I was all alone and left on the ground."

"Teachers ran over but I just went and layed in a ditch and my dad found me." When she went home with her dad, she drank bleach in an attempt to kill herself, but was saved after a rushed trip to the hospital.

Amanda's bullying continued despite moving to a new city. Anti-depressants and counseling did little to combat the severe depression. The description on her YouTube video reads:

"I'm struggling to stay in this world, because everything just touches me so deeply. I'm not doing this for attention. I'm doing this to be an inspiration and to show that I can be strong. I did things to myself to make pain go away, because I'd rather hurt myself then someone else. Haters are haters but please don't hate, although im sure I'll get them. I hope I can show you guys that everyone has a story, and everyones future will be bright one day, you just gotta pull through. I'm still here aren't I?"







Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Next2Bezee(m): 1:06pm On Oct 20, 2012
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Mobinga: 1:38pm On Oct 20, 2012
A part of me simply says "Phuck this b|tch".
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Nobody: 10:01am On Oct 21, 2012
Mobinga: A part of me simply says "Phuck this b|tch".

Dude, she was a 15-year-old teen, who was bullied, no one listened to her cries for help, until she killed herself. Bullying, cyber or otherwise is more serious than you could imagine.

May her young soul rest in Eternal Peace.


#JusticeforAluu4
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Ibime(m): 1:32pm On Oct 21, 2012
She couldnt delete her facebook?

Abeggi!!!
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Nobody: 2:11pm On Oct 21, 2012
Ibime: She couldnt delete her facebook?

Abeggi!!!

She could, but there were other pages set up, both good and bad.

#JusticeforAluu4
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Feraz(m): 3:38pm On Oct 21, 2012
Wow!!! Why do people find it so easy to commit suicide these days cry cry
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Nobody: 5:01pm On Oct 21, 2012
Na wa o! Some people will never learn.

Social media isn't your friend. Neither are people you meet there. Don't send any compromising photo of your self to anyone. Not even your spouse. If he want to see you naked, let him come to your house and make sure all the lights are off. And most importantly, never use social media to look for love. Cyberspace is even more harsh than the physical world.

Rip Armanda
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Blazay(m): 6:47am On Oct 22, 2012
Say who die? shocked Her father must have molested her and abandoned her in her infancy.
Na women wey nor get or know 'PAPA' dey behave like this! cry
Kill 'em all before they kill ya! angry
Who born dem? cool
Cyber bully or not. . . bring ya azzze come my front. grin
We go see who go first quench ke!
Mu he he he he he he
Tian my AGU-nostic Godioh. . . NO BE EFRY BARRY GET LOW-SELF ESTEEM! cool
No be efry barry grow up for 'polygamous', fish-tank with one rotten pehnis aka father and 25 stinking poohsies in one or several compounds or parts of the globe!

I don't have sympathy for 'weaklings'!
R.I. P. . . .you took your own life because of human beings like YOU?
You deserve to DIE. . . . a waste of egg and sp-er-m cells! kiss

Bye-bye ma! Next moo-moo to quench abegggi!!!!kiss
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Nobody: 2:46am On Oct 23, 2012
Blazay: Say who die? shocked Her father must have molested her and abandoned her in her infancy.
Na women wey nor get or know 'PAPA' dey behave like this! cry
Kill 'em all before they kill ya! angry
Who born dem? cool
Cyber bully or not. . . bring ya azzze come my front. grin
We go see who go first quench ke!
Mu he he he he he he
Tian my AGU-nostic Godioh. . . NO BE EFRY BARRY GET LOW-SELF ESTEEM! cool
No be efry barry grow up for 'polygamous', fish-tank with one rotten pehnis aka father and 25 stinking poohsies in one or several compounds or parts of the globe!

I don't have sympathy for 'weaklings'!
R.I. P. . . .you took your own life because of human beings like YOU?
You deserve to DIE. . . . a waste of egg and sp-er-m cells! kiss

Bye-bye ma! Next moo-moo to quench abegggi!!!!kiss

Sis! It's been a while, please get in touch, contact details in my signature.
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Nobody: 3:14pm On Oct 25, 2012
A picture on my facebook page says "Amanda Todd felt sorry 4 herself by commiting suicide,while children in Africa are dieing of hunger"
Re: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online & In School by Nobody: 3:14pm On Oct 25, 2012
A picture on my facebook page says "Amanda Todd felt sorry 4 herself by commiting suicide,while children in Africa are dieing of hunger".May her soul RIP

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