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A jeering crowd taunted a suicidal teenager as he threatened to jump from the top of a city-centre car park.
In a shocking indictment of modern Britain, youths who gathered in the street below yelled at 17-year-old Shaun Dykes to kill himself over the course of three hours.
One allegedly shouted: 'How far can you bounce?'
I think this is just another example of how we as a society continue to fail to understand mental illness, depression, and suicide. I know this is an isolated incident, but I continue to think about the way people treated Britney Spears, how some people responded to my friend Greg's suicide, and how some folks treated me when I was going through some dark times. I honestly don't know what the solution to any of this is. I guess just trying to raise public awareness, trying to help those who are going through depression realize they aren't alone. I know it's something that will never really go away but I definitely think we can do better.
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