Reply #20: What'd the kid to do get that "bad person" line?!

[Deja Q]

Possibly nothing. As a child, adults said some sickening things to me as well. Or did cruel things in front of me. Or did really vile things to me. So I can empathize in ways most people couldn't even fool themselves into believing.

The only thing a person can do is to wade through other peoples' feces and get on with life. Oh yes, it hurts. And it poses more of a struggle than what most of society takes for granted. But you struggle, and use your God-given talents to survive.

I'm sorry it had to end in suicide.

And having kept my own mouth shut, trying to tell my parents years later about one issue in particular only resulted in disbelief. (If you, as a kid, were accused of doing drugs, you wouldn't say much of anything, even if you weren't... I never did and deplore the activity. Doesn't mean some people, even loved ones, won't be callous in their own ways...)