I was remembering some school memories today and remembered LifeEd (Australian sexual and life advice/education). At one section we discussed suicide and we were talked about one cause (I can’t remember what exactly) of suicide and for a second we just thought and a kid silently placed his hand over his heart and looked down. I remember nobody noticing except me and I wondered what he was doing. Now I realize he most likely lost someone to it. I wish I had known what he was doing so I could have helped him through it. Nowadays I have no clue what happened to him or where he is now but every once in a while it pops up in my mind. I hope wherever he is now, he is okay. He was really isolated from the rest of the class and was silent as hell. He rode the bus and would get off and disappear once the ride was complete, into the crowd. I saw him get on a tram but after that, I don’t remember any more.
Anyway, that was a thing that happened today.
Amazing that a small gesture like putting his hand over his heart was enough to impact you like this. You are probably very empathetic. Hopefully this inspires you to reach out the next time you see a gesture like this and your conscience brings up this old memory.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks. I tried doing some research in the last few hours and I won’t give out many details but he seems to have disappeared from the earth once covid hit back in 2020.
