#amanda todd

TW: suicide and bullying

Please keep in touch with your trusted loved ones and reach out. Please remember the block button; you don't have to "be nice" and humor these people.

Their intentions are to break you down. Take breaks. Take breaths. It's not your responsibility to make yourself limitlessly accessible. You don't have to have comments on, you don't have to read every message, you don't have to please everyone. I promise.

Sharing things online and making content and all that is supposed to be fun. Fun still requires boundaries, safety. You're not a bad person for having boundaries. We all need them, in all things.

I know it hurts. I know you feel so alone. I know it's unbearable. I know it can feel like everyone is against you and like the world is crumbling around you.

It's temporary. All of this is temporary.

You'll see the other side and you'll laugh again. You'll pet another precious animal. You'll hug someone you love again. You'll eat another delicious food. You'll go outside or look out the window and remark what a beautiful day it is again. A beautiful song will make you cry again.

Remembering Amanda Todd (1996-2012) 🖤

Amanda Todd was only 15 trying to find her way in the world 🌍. In 2012, I was her age, scrolling my Tumblr dashboard one autumn morning before school. And there she was—her story, flashing through silent cards, each one telling a piece of her pain 💔. Amanda faced bullying, harassment, and manipulation beyond anything anyone should ever experience.

It all started with a stranger who pressured her to expose herself, using her trust against her, turning it into a weapon. When Amanda said no, he put her photos on a website notorious for preying on young people—her nightmare had begun 😔. She changed schools, her family moved, and yet, the bullying followed her. Amanda kept searching for a safe place, but nowhere felt secure—her past seemed to follow her everywhere 🥀.

One day, she turned to an old friend, looking for comfort. But even that connection turned against her, as she was physically assaulted by other students, left more isolated and hurt than before 💧. Amanda’s strength, her resilience, her hope—they were incredible, but the cruelty kept piling on, pushing her deeper into darkness.

Her story left us with a message: that we all need to protect each other, to stand up against cruelty, to offer help instead of harm. Amanda’s memory is a call to action—against cyberbullying, against harassment, and for kindness 🕊️. Her mother founded the Amanda Todd Legacy Foundation to keep her voice alive, fighting for anti-bullying education and support. Even now, her story resonates, a reminder of how powerful our words and actions can be.

Amanda Todd (1996-2012): 15 years old

Ashlynn Conner (2000-2011): 11 years old

Megan Meier (1992-2006): 13 years old

Nigel Hardy (?-2013): 13 years old

Jamey Rodemeyer (1997-2011): 14 years old

Phoebe Prince (1994-2010): 15 years old

Eric Mohat (?-2007): 17 years old

Rehtaeh Parsons (1995-2013): 17 years old

Rebecca Sedwick (2000-2013): 12 years old

Audrie Pott (1997-2012): 15 years old

Sladjana Vidovic (1992-2008): 16 years old

August Ames (1994-2017): 23 years old

Etika (1990-2019): 29 years old

It's national bullying prevention month and people who bullies others don’t realize that they can only push the victim so far where they don’t know who to talk to (including people who are close to them), be around or even know what to do anymore. The more people who bullies others online, or in-person don’t know what can happen next. They can choose to change their ways and how to treat others or they don’t change and continue to harm and hurt others.

RIP Amanda, world didn't deserve you.

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