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Bullied Teen Leaves Behind Chilling YouTube Video

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A teenager posted a heartbreaking video on YouTube chronicling years of bullying in school and online, cutting and humiliation up until she died this week.


Amanda Todd, 15, posted the video called "My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm" on Sept. 7 and was found dead in her home town of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, just over a month later.


"Hello, I've decided to tell you about my never ending story," the black and white video begins. Todd can only be seen from her nose down for most of the video, occasionally moving around so that her face is visible. She silently tells her story through a series of white cards with black marker writing on them.


She describes using webcam chats to meet and talk to new people online as a seventh grade student. She said that people told her she was "stunning, beautiful, perfect" and a man pressured her to flash her chest. One year later, she did.


Todd received a Facebook message from a man she did not know saying that if she did not "put on a show" for him, he would send the photo of her chest to everyone. Over Christmas break, Todd said police came to her house at 4 a.m. to tell her that the photo had been sent to everyone.


"I then got really sick and got anxiety, major depression and panic disorders," she wrote. "I then moved and got into drugs and alcohol."


A year after moving, Todd said things were going better until the man on Facebook came back and used the photo of her chest as his profile picture. Todd said she "cried every night, lost all my friends and respect people had for me again."


"I can never get that photo back," she wrote. "It's out there forever."


She described being called names, eating lunch alone and resorting to cutting herself. She also told the story of an incident where she made a "huge mistake" and "hooked up" with a boy at her school who had a girlfriend, but who she believed really liked her.


A week later, she said she received a text message telling her to get out of school and then a group of students, led by the boy's girlfriend, surrounded her at school and said, "Look around, nobody likes you."


"A guy then yelled, 'Just punch her already,' so [the girlfriend] did," Todd wrote. "She threw me to the ground and punched me several times. Kids filmed it. I was all alone and left on the ground."


Todd said she "wanted to die so bad" when her dad found her in a ditch. She drank bleach when she went home and had to be rushed to the hospital to have her stomach pumped, she said.


"After I got home, all I saw was on Facebook--'She deserved it. Did you wash the mud out of your hair? I hope she's dead,'" she wrote.


Todd moved to another school in another city, but said the torture followed her through Facebook. Students posted photos of ditches and suggested she try another bleach.


"Every day, I think, why am I still here?" she asked towards the end of the video. "I'm stuck. What's left of me now? Nothing stops. I have nobody. I need someone. My name is Amanda Todd."


Authorities were called to a residence in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, just before 6 p.m. on Oct. 10 to investigate the sudden death of the tormented teenager.


While authorities have not officially called the death a suicide, Cpl. Jamie Chung of the Coquitlam Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement, "At this time it has been determined that the teen's death was not suspicious in nature and that foul play was not a factor."


The coroner is investigating the death, police said.

Story source: abcnews.com

R.I.P Amanda

What Reaper said.

Okay here's my take on this story. I have seen posts and pages on Facebook about her. Yes it is sad this girl committed suicide. But look at this why is this girl any more special then the other people who have committed suicide? Everyday people take part in such an act but you don't hear about it. Most of the time it's because of bullying or things even way worse then that. The way I see it is that suicide is a selfish act. I know most of you will hate on me for saying that. But look why only think about yourself? What about the others that could get bullied by this/these people if they never got in trouble for it? The ones being bullied have the right to get the people in trouble before it escalates, or even if it is to bad then kill the bully. It has been considered a form of self defense in the past and you have the legal right to do so if the situation is that bad.

I much agree with you bully's are weak minded people who can only focus on other peoples weakness and have no self-esteem .To weak to look at there own faults. She might have taken her own life but in the end after all said and done her bully's will get what they deserve . like clutch said survival of the fittest cause someday someone will recognize who they are and stand up for amanda. AMANDA..

It's really sad to see this happen to a child, but to be entirely honest she should have worked with it. Suicide is a cowards way out of life. People have had much worse things happen to them than getting bullied. I don't think this should have ended in a suicide. Regardless, may she rest in peace. And my condolences to her family.

Oh, so if she didn't look decent it would have been a little less worse? Who gives a shit about what she looks like. Pretty or not, bullying is just fucked up.

Read this [take from 4chan]:
Ok, well let's just get this all out of the way so you all can stop your bitching about this dead girl. A lot of what is posted in her video and on her page is fabricated to make her look like she was an angel. Think again.

1. She was 15 years old when she flashed those guys.
2. She did it out of her own free will. She CHOSE to do it.
3. She already flirted with many guys before.
4.
She got 'beat' up at school not because of the picture, but because she slept with another girl's boyfriend. (refer to #1)
5. The guy 'bullied' her once only about 6-8 months after she flashed online. Not multiple times over 2 years.
6. She was known to have slept with multiple men and to sell herself out.
7. Her home life wasn't the best. (family troubles)

You people who are giving her sympathy and pity should all be ashamed of yourselves. Instead of giving pity to a girl who already commited suicide, how about you talk to that lonely kid at lunch? Yea, the one who sits all alone in the corner. But no, you'd rather sit with your friends and then come home and get on facebook and say shit like 'Oh, how come no one helped poor Amanda, she's so pretty, why did she have to die'. FUCK YOU! Go crawl back in your shell of safety while the ones who really need help are only an arms length away.

We should be talking about the ones who were bullied and managed to survive through it all. The success stories. Because that's what gives kids hope, the ones who know what it's like to be in their shoes. The ones who have walked that road before and came out ok.

What kind of message does it send to impressionable teens that if you go ahead and kill yourself that you will get thousands of likes on a facebook page and everyone will feel sorry for you and give you attention? If you have any self respect for the future then you'd stop and think about where your morals are. If you're too confused with your emotions and common sense, then just get off the internet entirely. No one wants to read your idiotic comments and your emotion filled rage tantrums.

I am going to take a moderate approach to this story. I woke up today, and i saw the media about her. To start off, i do feel some pity for her she was pretty, and a lot of guys would kill for a good looking girl. Now she did have mental problems, and i feel some sources should have been limited to her (e.g restrictions on texting, social media, etc). Its in our nature as guys to hook up with women, ask for pics, etc. I can take a guess and say she had daddy issues. Moreover, the guy took advantage of her, she did say it was a mistake, but honestly what she did was uncalled for. She slept with a man (knowingly of him being in a relationship). Based on some of the pictures i saw she was somewhat of an attention whore. The one thing i can make a safe bet on is #Amanda 2012, and the father who probably didn't give a shit for her daughter is going to get showered in donations (omg so sad have millions of dollars). I do think this story has justifications, its tragic but its life.

Let me start with saying i feel sad for her family.. they are the ones who are going to end up having to deal with this for the rest of their lives... 2nd this girl was in the wrong you should expect a backlash if your going to show ur tits online.. for fun?? you were in 7th grade you shouldnt be flashing anyone. Also this girl after that slept with a guy who had a gf and didnt expect backlash.. now on to the pedo who made fb pages and spread the pics i hope he gets arrested because hes the reason she killed herself.. why would he bother to put a girl in such misery like wtf is wrong with his life.. and on to the sucide videos is this some new trend?? not trying to be mean but wtf is up with these post sticks