Friday, November 9, 2007

ACUTE DEPRESSION LEADS TO 11 YEAR OLD GIRL'S SUICIDE

Again, this will be a very busy day and the timing sucks! I have a tons of things to say about this issue but that will have to wait for later or perhaps, the weekend. For the meantime, this story hit the headlines of the TV networks last night and early this morning.

There's this 11 year old girl who, at age 7, started to chronicle her family's life of poverty. Coming from a family of 9, with a jobless father and a mom who earns, less than $1/day, it is not so difficult to imagine the things that she went through. The situation apparently became so hopeless for her, that she decided to escape by hanging herself.

Having been exposed to these type of stories and having worked with the poor for so long, I still can't help but feel so bad.

My discourse, later or over the weekend. Promise!

10 comments:

Sidney said...

A very very sad story...

Anonymous said...

oh my... so this is the girl my friends told me about while i was away... i could only imagine what went on the little girl's head... sayang... thank you for sharing! this is very disturbing and enlightening.

jc smith said...

..even in the comments section, my posts are full of typos.... grrr! That's what happens when you are in a hurry.

Francesca said...

tsk! tsk! tsk, another potential future gem of my country passed away...

Who is really at fault? Society or the parents?

Anonymous said...

pareho.

mag aanak ng hindi kaya.

mayayaman na walang paki

gobyerno na kulang sa gawa.

seksetera, seksetera!

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Anonymous said...

i feel sad for her.i see why she would be depressed but not to hang herself.im only 11 years old and i am depressed.i have no clue what to do i cry myself to sleep everynight.all the time crying.im not just sad im depressed.i need to see what i am missing and why im depressed.i really need help if some people could leave some comments on how to help that would be ok.i would appreciate it and try the answers some people give me.

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