A young girl who had suffered ‘relentless’ abusive messages from bullies sent a final message to them before she took her own life.
14-year-old Megan Evans received a message from her bully and was told to go ‘go hang yourself,’ to which she replied: ‘OK.’
According to Wales Online, the teen was found dead after an online battle against cyberbullies, which she had kept a secret from her family.
Her grieving mother, Nicola Harteveld, said they believe it was “the final message that did tip the scales.”
She admitted that she did not notice any signs that her daughter was struggling.
“I can see things blindingly obvious now that I didn’t have a clue back then,” she expressed.
“I was completely naïve about it, that I always thought that somebody with a mental health problem, you could visibly see it.”
Nicola continued: “If your kids were struggling, they’d be in their room, wearing black, listening to dark music- that was my stupid perception of it back then.
“My bright bubbly Meg, if she came to me and said she had an issue, I’d say: ‘Meg get a grip, don’t be so daft, just deal with it.’
“That’s what I would’ve probably said and I can openly say that, which is why I want to speak out. I was so wrong, mental health does not look like how I thought it did.”
Days after Megan’s funeral, Nicola appeared on ITV’s This Morning where Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield were moved to tears after hearing what the teen had experienced.
“When I went on This Morning, I don’t remember much about that at all, I just wanted people to realise this was something we all needed to be mindful of, because I didn’t have a clue,” Nicola expressed.
“Hand on heart, I probably wouldn’t have taken her seriously because I didn’t know. She was lively, she was the life and soul of a party, the life and soul of the house, I did not see a thing. I won’t forgive myself for the rest of my life for it.”
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