Am I garbage?

Taking care of our words.

While writing about Logan Paul, I searched for a link about his encounter with the body of a suicide victim which he posted on Youtube.

The story included Tweets angry at Paul:

“logan paul exploited a persons suicide and FILMED the body after knowing the person was actually dead. if you stan that, youre disgusting. logan paul is disgusting.”

“It is important to discuss mental illness, suicide awareness, and suicide prevention in a way that can help & educate people. Logan Paul is a disrespectful piece of garbage who further glorified something horrible under the guise of “there’s help for you.” Take action, @YouTube.”

I see a genuinely sad irony in tweets like this.

How many people who’ve attempted or committed suicide thought of themselves as “disgusting” and a “piece of garbage?” How many have been told that at some point in their life?

What is garbage anyway, but a worthless object, something that literally has no value?

Feelings of worthlessness can be a motivating factor in suicide. As Alex Lickerman, M.D. observes, people with severe Depression allow “ideas like, ‘Everyone would all be better off without me’ to make rational sense.”

Paul’s decision to post the video was immature (he was 22 at the time), narcissistic, tasteless, hurtful to the family of the victim, and painful to others who’ve lost loved ones to suicide.