Too Young to Die

Don't let this happen again

The beautiful Fiona Geraghty

I was disgusted and distraught at what I read today in the Daily Mail. Fiona Geraghty, only 14, hung herself after developing Bulimia following being called “fat” by a group of girls at her school. Firstly, Daily Mail, there are more reasons that someone will develop an eating disorder than someone calling her fat. Yes, it is horrifying that a group of girls would personally insult another persons weight and not even think about the consequences, but more psychological matters are at hand.
Also Daily Mail likes to point out that she went to a private school at £15,000 a year. Why is that necessary? Just because she goes to a private school and her parents are paying £15,000 per year it’s odd for a girl to develop Bulimia? If anything it would be easier to come by an eating disorder due to pressure that young girls feel to be perfect. This is not a fault of private schools at all, this is the mentality that teenagers can come by to do everything right and look “great”.
The main point of me writing about this is that I am so saddened by reading about Fiona. She was young, and this didn’t need to happen. If only the girls had thought about how she would have felt, Fiona’s eating disorder could have been properly identified and dealt with promptly, and she would have continued to live a happy life, hopefully knowing that how you weigh does not matter.Daily Mail also likes to focus on the fact that she was discharged by nurses and that they failed to diagnose her eating disorder. A, I highly doubt that Fiona would have admitted to worrying about her weight and purging her food after binging. B, you never can tell by a few conversations what someone is dealing with psychologically.  I do hope that if anyone knows someone, or you yourself are worried about your weight, and are thinking about harming yourself, or taking drastic steps to reduce your weight, please speak to your family, friends and a doctor. This can all be dealt with, and your health made a priority. You do not have to go through this alone. 
We together can stop things like this happening, and young beautiful girls just like Fiona, will not have to die needlessly.
 For more information on eating disorders, contact bEAThttp://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CG0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.b-eat.co.uk%2F&ei=r5jhT7vHKamN0AWB8ZirAw&usg=AFQjCNF52W9_j3SiJY-nC4CPWzXU99rXXg&sig2=p44C7o0Gjyx4l1fwk1rwhg
To see the whole report by the Daily Mail, go herehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161612/Girl-14-15-000-year-private-school-hanged-bullied-weight.html
I give my deepest sympathy to her family and friends and hope that they are well through this difficult time.
Remember, its who you are inside that makes you a star!