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Re: Somebody Saved Me
- Subject: Re: Somebody Saved Me
- From: THRH79B@prodigy.com (MS KELLY D GILES I)
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 15:06:17, -0500
Great, here I am having to be SERIOUS...might as well get it over
with as quickly as possible.
>> Yeah, really....What was that Eagles song ?
> "Get Over It"............
What was that song I just made up? Oh yeah, it's "Get Over Yourself".
You can "Oh spare me..." all you want, but no one can spare you
from reality. Here's a few little facts from one of my mum's
psychology textbooks, "Adolescence: Continuity, Change, and
Diversity":
- - The rate of suicide for 15 to 24 year olds has nearly tripled over
the past three decades.
- - Suicide is the second most common cause of death among this age
group, second only to accidents (this doesn't even take into account
the many suicides which are recorded as accidents).
There are some problems you just can't get over. Not on your own.
It's been three years since my own bleeding boat drifted off and left
me stuck on a rock. I made it back, but I had help. Some people,
like the ones who ended up as the statistics up above, didn't get
that kind of help. "Get over it" is not the kind of help they needed.
"Get over it" is the kind of help that we could all do without.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean purple hair dye off the
phone...my incredibly stupid sister decided she had to talk to her
friends before her hair was dry. I hope I don't have to make another
serious post in the near future. I have enough to worry about in
real life without having to straighten people out online!
- -Yellow "We now return you to your regularly scheduled mayhem"
Ledbetter