I WAS 12 AND WANTED TO DIE
May 10, 2022
5 minutes
WORDS: MISHAAL KHAN. MAIN
As my pen hovered over the sheet of paper, I didn’t quite know how to express exactly how I was feeling. But, at that moment in 1995, I was adamant about something - I wanted to die. In my bedroom, surrounded by posters of PJ and Duncan and my homework on my desk, I was writing a suicide note to my parents. I was just 12.
‘THINGS GOT TOO MUCH TO BEAR’
I had dealt with a lot leading up to that point. Throughout my childhood, although I had struggled to make friends, and while I desperately wanted to fit in, every day I found myself alone in the playground. When I started secondary school in September 1994, things only got worse. While I wasn’t outwardly
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