I got a really depressing email today.... I run a website that pardies a well-known punk band, and from the email addy on that site, I started getting emails from a girl that lived not too far away from me (coincidental). She's 15, and thought the site was funny and whatnot. I replied to her emails, just shooting shit and whatnot, not really revealing anything about who I was and such. Then, today I checked the mail for this account for the first time in a few weeks and found an email from her sitting there:
look,im sorry i know ur probly like way annoyed with me and im sorry-i actually wasnt gonna wrinte you anymore but i kind of need help. im kind of really really f****d up life right now and i just wanted to know if you had any advice to make me happy or see things in a better perspective...your pretty good with words...and since you dont know me you cant tell me how wrong i am and how worthless and how much you hate me...um if you write me back thank you-if you dont-thank you anyways...um yeah later
I wrote her back, apologizing for the delay, and tried to say something somewhat profound, but I probably missed the mark entirely. ;] Haven't heard back from her yet.
The whole thing really got me thinking.... I remember what it was like to be 15 and depressed, thinking life has no point. Seven years have passed, and now that parasite has simply found other things to feed on. "The more things change..."
Man, I can't stop thinking about this girl.... reaching out to a total anonymous stranger, for -anyone- to listen. I remember what it was like to be down that deep, and I just hope she makes it out alright, cos not everybody did.....
[Update: She wrote me back a few hours later, and spilled her guts about her life story and all her problems to me. Mission accomplished. =) ]
look,im sorry i know ur probly like way annoyed with me and im sorry-i actually wasnt gonna wrinte you anymore but i kind of need help. im kind of really really f****d up life right now and i just wanted to know if you had any advice to make me happy or see things in a better perspective...your pretty good with words...and since you dont know me you cant tell me how wrong i am and how worthless and how much you hate me...um if you write me back thank you-if you dont-thank you anyways...um yeah later
I wrote her back, apologizing for the delay, and tried to say something somewhat profound, but I probably missed the mark entirely. ;] Haven't heard back from her yet.
The whole thing really got me thinking.... I remember what it was like to be 15 and depressed, thinking life has no point. Seven years have passed, and now that parasite has simply found other things to feed on. "The more things change..."
Man, I can't stop thinking about this girl.... reaching out to a total anonymous stranger, for -anyone- to listen. I remember what it was like to be down that deep, and I just hope she makes it out alright, cos not everybody did.....
[Update: She wrote me back a few hours later, and spilled her guts about her life story and all her problems to me. Mission accomplished. =) ]
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That's good when things like that work out.
I think 13-16 is pretty bad for just about everyone. I hated life when I was that age. That's really cool that you were there for her. When you feel the way she probably does, it's easy to fall into some bad stuff if you have no sort of guidance whatsoever. She's lucky that she hit upon someone like you.