Anytime I think of someone young dying, I immediately think of Kelly Rowland's song "Stole" from 2002. Ashley Duncan was only 17 when she decided to end her own life. But this isn't just an ordinary suicide, she had been thinking about taking her life away for some time. Ashley Duncan was a well known student at Bellaire High School in Houston, TX. She had been posting to twitter and tumblr about how she wanted to end her life before she actually did.
According to a local news station from the area, Ashley had posted the following to her tumblr page:
"Life ain't worth the pain. if you know or have known what it feels like to want to die every minute second hour day week month year then you feel me…. I might not struggle financially but I struggle emotionally and mentally and I think that’s the worst struggle," Duncan wrote on Tumblr Sunday. "So in asking why can’t it be my choice to die now? … I’m miserable. One day I won’t be here anymore and that’ll be the happiest day of my life… I’m tired and I’m done with this life."
She had also posted to twitter that same day that she felt like God was punishing her for keeping her alive. All of this took place this past Sunday, then on Monday she ended her life after finding a gun. She even tweeted that she had found the gun. Later she had posted on Tumblr that she was ready to end her life and left her followers with one word... "Peace".
What makes this so different from other situations like this is that she played everything out over various social networks and none of her followers took her seriously. Different students at her school were saying they thought she was joking because she was known for joking and playing around. She had previously left Bellaire High School in October 2011 and was attending Pershing High School in hopes of graduating early, so no one really knows what was bothering her to push her so far.
The sad thing about this situation is the fact that she put it out there that she was going to do this and no one heard her cry for help. To know that she posted all the things on Tumblr and twitter, and NO ONE took her seriously says so much. I don't know if these issues that were bothering her were the cause for her switching schools or what, who knows what was going on in her life... but the fact that she posted about all of this on social networks should have opened some eyes. I don't think my friends would have took me as a joke if I had said all of these things, or at least I know someone would have checked to make sure I was good rather than laughing about it with me.
It's a really sad situation that her life ended so soon and so publicly, and I wonder how the people that know her and read her posts feel. That just goes to show you that you never know what anyone is going through, but if someone you know threatens to take their own life then you should definitely take them seriously because you never know their pain. It's bad enough that this teenager struggled with the thoughts of suicide, but for her to publicize her thoughts and no one hear her cry is just crazy to me. Everyone should say a prayer for her soul, her family and her friends and let's hope that this sends a message to the world that life is to be taken seriously.
Below are a screenshot of her tweets before she took her life and I've also posted the video of Kelly's single "Stole". Feel free to leave your thoughts or any comments you have about this situation below.
♥ Rest In Peace Ashley Duncan ♥
XOXO,
LaBellaBoss ♥
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| Ashley's tweets from Monday |
this is sad.. people need to take people more serious now a days cause you never know what they are really thinking. Thats why i dont like to disrespect ppl that i dont kno or do kno because i dont kno what they are goin thru and life hard but i dont think its that hard to kill yourself but i dont kno her story, but i wish she would have talked to somebody about her promblems and maybe her life would have changed
ReplyDeleteIt really is sad! I wonder what she could have been going through to put her in this mindstate. I hate the fact that no one took her seriously because if they had she might still be here today. Suicide is a crazy thing, to most people it's an absurd thing... but to some who have considered it they probably look at it like they have nothing to live for. You have to be in a really dark place in life to get that far.. I just hope this opens some eyes in the future especially in the youth
ReplyDeleteThis hurts me to my heart because she cried out loud to everyone & no one answered her cry :( ... She tweeted she wanted to die ...she tweeted she had a gun & posted a pic & STILL no one stopped her ! Consider she was under 18 I'm still trying to figure out how she got a gun ... Everyone is saying how much they loved her but where was the love when she needed it the most ...I'm sad, Hurt, & confused by this ... may her soul rest in peace </3
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