Bullycide is a compound of words bullying and suicide. I'm sure there are other explanations about what bullycide is as well, but the way I see it, bullycide is when a person commits suicide because he or she is being bullied. This is happenning a lot nowadays. But maybe we know about it because we receive so much more information from the media now in the digital age.
Bullycide happens mostly among teenagers, either because they are bullied in school or on social networks, like Facebook and Ask.fm. I'm sure that the most known bullycide is the death of Amanda Todd. She was being bullied on Facebook by some stranger, who was never found. She lost her friends in school, she had to move several times in order to escape from her torturer, but nothing helped. He/she always found her, she couldn't hide anywhere. Because of that she couldn't find any new friends. She was alone. Depression kicked in. She attempted to commit suicide several times before. On 16th October 2012, she was found dead.
There are a lot of victims of bullying, maybe even among your friends.
If you know a victim of bullying, please don't look away. Try to help her/him yourself or get some help. You may not know it now, but you can save a life.
Source: http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/141/1/3/bullycide_victims_wallpaper_by_midnightwolf18-d3gwcks.jpg
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