A girl I talked off the ledge 12 years ago just got married When I was a teenager, my senior year in high school, I was really going through my “emo phase”, and had joined a bunch of pop punk fan pages on Facebook. I was 16/17 at the time, but I made some really awesome friends in some of those communities. Some of whom I still talk to to this day. One of the girls in the chats id talk in was much younger. I dont remember how old, but she was below the age of 15. She was telling me and one of her best friends that her depression was winning, and she was planning on jumping off of a bridge that day. She was saying her goodbyes. Now…
I didnt know really anything tangible to this girl. And im a significantly older stranger on the internet, who doesn’t live anywhere close by to stop her. So while her friend is freaking out, I swallowed my discomfort and started reaching out to everyone on her page listed as family. Eventually someone (who I believe was her aunt) responded.
I told her everything, providing screenshots of her messages. The aunt then reach out to her parents, and then – radiosilence. Her aunt told me that she thanks me for getting her help, but she lost her privileges to the internet and im not allowed to contact her from there on out. I was devastated, hoping she didnt hate me for going that far to help her, and I just spend years wishing her the best in the back of my mind.
About 5 years ago we reconnected. Shes a college graduate, and is a psychologist now. We talked for a bit, shared the bullet point life experiences, but otherwise haven’t spoken much since then. Well today, a collage of pictures came across my dashboard.
She just got married. Im honestly so proud of her, overcoming her demons, and finding happiness in a world that left us both fighting for our lives against demons at such young ages. I hope she continues living her best life ❤️
