Warning!!! Suicide

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I imagine there have been many of you in this community that have participated in many other MMORPGs. Lately I have been on PWI. Now when I see someone telling others in World Chat that they are thinking of killing themselves or actually have it all planned out, I don't know about you, but I see a little lost child crying out in pain and asking for help. I see myself not even a year ago and it scares me to death when I see this and then to see others in the game think of it as a joke or a game. Maybe it is a sick joke to the one crying wolf but there are many people out there who don't know where to look and end up asking for help through the games they play. Now I was never the one to broadcast it through an online game, but it showed in my poetry, my attitude and in the way I spoke. I did my best to hide my suicidal behaviors, but there were many a time that I subconsciously asked for helped....cried for help. I guess what I am asking is that at least be forewarned and try to help them through this. It may just be a child looking for attention but then again we never really know do we? At least not until we hear about it in the news, like the poor child who committed suicide over myspace. I just wish more people, adult and children alike, would take this seriously and not put that particular person down when they are already as far down as humanely possible. What I have seen of the Endless Forest community I love. I see a community that works together, plays together, and helps each other out even when times are rough for there fellow players. I have seen screen shots and videos of how this community come together for a player that was tragically taken away. I am grateful to find a community such as this. I just pray that there will be more communities, whether online or offline, that take this one as a good example of human fellowship.

'Let The Light Shine In"

Oh how the clouds darken in your life
And you fear to open your eyes because of the blackness
Little child the light will shine again
The sun will break through the storm of sadness
Have patience ye little lamb
For your salvation is nigh at hand
Do not give up on this gift of life
Take the strength He hands to you
And live it to the fullest
Have patience child
For your reward is nigh
And love will once again rain down upon
Your young sorrowful heart.
Do not let the anger beat you down to nothing
Lift yourself up and be proud of the life you live.

Forgive me for the religious connotations but I felt I had to write this down.

"but then again we never

"but then again we never really know do we?" That's what scares me most! When someone makes a character who thinks about suicide, or has tired to commit, how can you know if it's just a character or if its their way of dealing with their own personal issue? I feel bad for it but I hate the fact that suicide has become a sort of 'trendy' characteristic and sometimes I hate seeing it everywhere in characters who portray it as 'cool' or socially acceptable...but on the flip side, I also hate how the internet condones the bashing of 'emo kids' and cutting, I can't feel right that the people who have these issues are forced to hide it because of fear of negative reactions from the internet community at large.

Your poetry is wonderful and carried such a warmth and comforting feeling, I'm glad that there are people like you who want to spread feelings like that over what can be a very negative internet Smiling
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Queze;
~Aztec priest of The Forest~
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I am extremely grateful that

I am extremely grateful that this blog didn't get lost before someone was able to read it ^^. I do wish people would realize that many kids who become 'emo' are just asking for help. Although I don't agree with the ways they are asking for it I do understand that they believe this is the only way for them to get it. Suicide has always hit a little too close to home for me. I have a family history of it and I have had to struggle with my own thoughts. Although it has been nigh a year since I had such thoughts and six months since I stopped cutting. So I am extremely grateful for the strength and gift of life, a second chance at it anyway, that I have been given. I just wish I could reach out to every single person who is struggling with the same issues that I once did.

I appreciate your thoughtful comment and thank you for the compliment on my poem. It isn't too often I post them online for the world to see I'm afraid.