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Megan Meier is just an ordinary girl from America, but who committed suicide by hanging herself because of cyber bullying through the social networking site MySpace. Previously Megan had already been suffering from attention deficit disorder and depression and considering herself of overweight.
Megan Meier is just an ordinary girl from America, but who committed suicide by hanging herself because of cyber bullying through the social networking site MySpace. Previously Megan had already been suffering from attention deficit disorder and depression and considering herself of overweight.
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Soon after Megan had opened a MySpace account, she became friend with a boy name Josh Evans and soon after they became really close online friends, however, they have never met in person. Megan found Josh was really attractive and and she began to exchange messages with him online and Megan's parents was really happy because Megan's family thought this is helping Megan as having her "spirit lifted".
Soon after Megan had opened a MySpace account, she became friend with a boy name Josh Evans and soon after they became really close online friends, however, they have never met in person. Megan found Josh was really attractive and and she began to exchange messages with him online and Megan's parents was really happy because Megan's family thought this is helping Megan as having her "spirit lifted".
However, everything became a nightmare over a simple message from a friend of Megans name Drew which the saying that he can't be friend with Megan anymore because because he had heard from others that Megan is not very nice to her friends. Following such common from her friends, similar messages were sent out and shared with many more people and bulletings about Megan were posted up on the Internet.
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What made Megan collapsed and committed suicide was the message from Josh, after assuming Josh had heard rumors bout Megan, he sent a message to Megan saying you are a bad person and everybody hates you. The world would be a better place without you. Surprisingly with a reply from Megan to Josh saying you're the kind of guy a girl would kill herself over. Because the impact of such message from Josh to Megan had really broken Megan's heart, thus she was already suffering from depression and low self-esteem disorder. Megan was found in her bedroom closet where she had hung herself to death.
What made Megan collapsed and committed suicide was the message from Josh, after assuming Josh had heard rumors bout Megan, he sent a message to Megan saying you are a bad person and everybody hates you. The world would be a better place without you. Surprisingly with a reply from Megan to Josh saying you're the kind of guy a girl would kill herself over. Because the impact of such message from Josh to Megan had really broken Megan's heart, thus she was already suffering from depression and low self-esteem disorder. Megan was found in her bedroom closet where she had hung herself to death.
Reference: Wikipedia [Online] Retrieved on 13th February, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Megan_Meier
Very sad story. I hope others won't follow.
ReplyDeleteHi Jillian,
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay in reply. This is a sad story, but sadly not the only one of its kind. There are many other cases where this one came from. We must all be aware and try our best to put a halt to cyber bullying.