Trilexium
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Just a quick thread, with a powerful message.
Recently, a player from HCF (HardCoreFactions, a server on the ShotBow network) who went by the name of VanillaPockyFox, committed suicide after fighting depression. Reading through the posts on the HCF reddit, it finally hit me that while I was not a part of this community (not as much as other people are), this guy meant a lot to a heap of people- they were even prepared to have an event on the server in his memory. Your life and the lives of others mean something to others- you're never unloved, never unnoticed- never alone.
Depression is an immense evil in our society. It can change who you are, to in extreme cases like this, irreversibly changing your life by taking the ultimate last resort- suicide.
As young people, we need to be aware of things like this and know how to deal with this if it happens to you or someone you know, whether it be a friend of a family member.
If you see anyone struggling/showing signs of depression, check on them and ask them if they're OK, because your actions can save someone's life. If you personally ever feel like this, please, talk to someone. There are dozens of people on these very forums who I'm sure would be happy to talk to you and help you out, myself included. If you can't find anyone, you will find someone in depression hotlines or youth websites/hotlines. These services are set up for this very purpose, and using them can mean the difference between a person lost forever or a person saved from the darkness.
This also brings a light upon mean comments, both within this community and on other parts of the internet. Think before you post these comments, because while it may not be right in front of you to realise, it can affect someone, sometimes to the point where it becomes too much for them, and they take the only method of escaping from all of it.
Recently, a player from HCF (HardCoreFactions, a server on the ShotBow network) who went by the name of VanillaPockyFox, committed suicide after fighting depression. Reading through the posts on the HCF reddit, it finally hit me that while I was not a part of this community (not as much as other people are), this guy meant a lot to a heap of people- they were even prepared to have an event on the server in his memory. Your life and the lives of others mean something to others- you're never unloved, never unnoticed- never alone.
Depression is an immense evil in our society. It can change who you are, to in extreme cases like this, irreversibly changing your life by taking the ultimate last resort- suicide.
As young people, we need to be aware of things like this and know how to deal with this if it happens to you or someone you know, whether it be a friend of a family member.
If you see anyone struggling/showing signs of depression, check on them and ask them if they're OK, because your actions can save someone's life. If you personally ever feel like this, please, talk to someone. There are dozens of people on these very forums who I'm sure would be happy to talk to you and help you out, myself included. If you can't find anyone, you will find someone in depression hotlines or youth websites/hotlines. These services are set up for this very purpose, and using them can mean the difference between a person lost forever or a person saved from the darkness.
This also brings a light upon mean comments, both within this community and on other parts of the internet. Think before you post these comments, because while it may not be right in front of you to realise, it can affect someone, sometimes to the point where it becomes too much for them, and they take the only method of escaping from all of it.