she was sad a lot a lot of crying I remember just not being able to get out of bed certain days I just tried to do as much as I could to block out the pain just didn't feel like the same person and just not showing an overall interest in life I was just screaming out for attention she would say I want to kill myself I I just want this to be [Music] over just went on a downward spiral I was coming to school drunk I was [Music] dying see you later hey don't worry about
them they're just a bunch of losers doesn't really matter much because I'm taking them with me what do you mean I was so close to just destroying everything quite a stretch there where she was doing just about everything wrong that she could I wanted to trick myself into believing that I was [Music] okay when I first heard about Alysa the principle said that she um passed I knew immediately that she had committed suicide it's so difficult to cope with it because you're left beating yourself up think of their family to think of their parents and
the and the devastating effect that it would have on [Music] them it's very very important that we teach students the help-seeking skills that will bring these uh students to our attention to the adults who can see that they get the treatment necessary it's okay to tell it's okay to go against your friend if it's something like them taking their life it's okay to tell it's not a sign of weakness to ask for help it's a sign of strength if I could go through what I've gone through and come back from it anyone can I don't
have to just suffer from depression I can be successful with depression I can still make a [Music] difference for
