[cellie-mil19156]

i know how katie feels, although i don’t know what causes her pain. I read the book and am so happy to find she has found the help she needs. I’ve been there- in junior high school i was very depressed and tried to take my own life via tylenol. fortunately it didnt work and i only ended up with a little nausea and a day off of school. my reason was that at the time, i hung out with many whites, and although i enjoyed alternative and grunge music and loved the lifestyle, i was upset that 1.i was overweight 2.i felt no man would ever love me cause white men & black women are uncommon combos, & black men & i would have nothing in common. i was able to find other friends to uplift me, and although some of that life was just a phase, the overweight part still burdens me today. i am taking care of that and would never think of taking my life for something so silly now, but you must understand that at the age i was, looking into the future was unrealistic- i could not see that far into the future and couldnt figure how id be of any use to the human race. it takes more patience and less judgemnt to deal with such cases, and remember that teens in those positions need people in thier lives who are willing to listen to their problems and not just suggest what they ‘should’ do, but do it with them and help them find something they like about life enought to want to live more and see/experience it. it is most often a phase that needs the right path to get out of it.

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Name : cellie-mil19156, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 21, City : brooklyn, State : NY, Country : United States, 

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