A teenage woman took her personal life after replying to 1 closing message from bullies who have been sending ‘relentless’ abusive messages on social media.
Megan Evans, 14, was discovered useless at Milford Haven residence in Pembrokeshire after enduring a barrage of on-line abuse which she had stored hidden from her mother and father.
The schoolgirl acquired threats and abusive messages on Snapchat together with one fateful closing message earlier than she took her personal life.
Earlier than her loss of life in February 2017, Megan despatched one closing message to a bully who stated ‘why do not you dangle your self’ to which Megan replied ‘OK’.
Now, 5 years after her loss of life, her mom Nicola Harteveld stated she feels it was that closing message that ‘did tip the scales’.
Chatting with Wales On-line, Nicola stated she didn’t know the indicators to look out for which will point out a toddler is struggling.
Schoolgirl Megan Evans (pictured) took her personal life after replying to 1 closing message from bullies who have been sending ‘relentless’ abusive messages on social media, her mom revealed
Megan’s mom Nicola Harteveld (pictured on ITV’s This Morning in 2017) is talking out in a bid to lift consciousness about which indicators might point out a toddler is combating cyber bullying
She stated: ‘I can see issues blindingly apparent now that I did not have a clue again then.
‘I used to be fully naïve about it, that I all the time thought that someone with a psychological well being drawback, you would visibly see it. In case your youngsters have been struggling, they’d be of their room, carrying black, listening to darkish music – that was my silly notion of it again then.
‘My brilliant, bubbly Meg, if she got here to me and stated she had a difficulty, I would say: “Meg get a grip, do not be so daft, simply cope with it”.
Pictured: Megan Evans who died in February 2017
‘That is what I might’ve in all probability stated and I can brazenly say that, which is why I wish to communicate out. I used to be so mistaken, psychological well being doesn’t seem like how I believed it did.’
Within the months after her loss of life in February 2018, Nicola devoted her time to elevating consciousness concerning the risks and impression of cyber bullying.
She appeared on ITV’s This Morning and spoke with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about what had occurred to Megan.
Talking on the time, she stated: ‘Watch out what you say, phrases cannot be taken again.
‘They could appear trivial or could also be stated in anger or jest, however they can not be taken again.
‘You do not know how that individual will take it so be conscious of another person’s scenario.
‘I do not need her loss of life to be in useless. I wish to elevate consciousness to oldsters to maintain a watch out for the indicators. I simply had no concept.’
Considering again now, Nicola says she now ‘sees the indicators’ and would ‘a million per cent’ do issues otherwise.
She instructed Wales On-line: ‘She was sleeping rather a lot within the day as a result of she was being stored awake at evening by these messages, however I did not see that then, ” she stated.
‘The secrecy together with her telephone – she would actually not let her telephone from her arms, and I might suppose that was a bit bizarre now, however then, not a clue.’