User blog comment:Jack Goldwrecker./Amanda Todd/@comment-3112181-20121016025821

Suicide is never a good idea, no matter how bad things look for you. It is the permaneant solution to everything, and shouldn't even be ''considered. ''On a personal note, I went through a phase of depression a couple years ago, after I lost my little sister to throat cancer, and I'm sure many of you have also been through rough times where you just wish you could end it all. But when those times do happen, you just need to tell yourself: since it cannot get any worse, it can only get better. There's always a light at the end of the tunnel. Rather than stay in the tunnel and accept defeat in the darkness, you need to pursue that light. As for bullying, I have been a victim of that as well. Even still, at school, I am mostly the "quiet one sitting in the corner" and am oftne subject to verbal abuse. When it comes to this, I only think to myself how pathetic it is for those kids to have nothing better to do than verbally abuse someone who isn't even bothering them. I think lowly of those people, and this, in an odd ironic sense, makes me feel better about myself. Those people are low, and I strive to never stoop to their level.

It's all about your own attitude, and your outlook on life. You control your life, and what becomes of it. There is no set fate for you to endure; your life is a path that you discover as you go. If you make a careless mistake as this girl did, there will be heavy consequences. But it is important not to let those consequences consume your life.

In all honesty, I do not feel sorry for her. I do not mourn her death or even feel a bit of sympathy. I know I sound like a heartless monster, but here is my reasoning: she ended her own life. She gave up. She didn't pursue the light at the end of the tunnel. Nobody killed her, she killed herself. She became addicted to drugs and cutting all by herself; nobody forced her to do those things. Sure, many others contributed to her decision to kill herself, but ultimately, she's the one that gave up. I do not think she is "weak", but rather confused. Her life was indeed a living hell, and she was lost. It is during that time suicide seems like the only option... But we must learn from her that this is not the only option. It isn't even an option. Just keep a positive outlook on life, no matter how bad things seem.