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15 Sep, 2008

Dont Let Your Depression Kill You Like Hannah Modra

Posted by: xeric In: Australia

Parents tell to the television how their daughter died of her depression. Depression is one of the dangerous illness and negative thoughts that makes people to commit suicide too. This case is one of the example for this illness where the little beautiful, smat, popular girl committed suicide because of her depressions and her wrong decision to fight against it herself without explaining or sharing it to anyone.

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Picture of Late Hannah Modrah

The following news/report is based on what I got in msn today. I thought this article would make a little message to anyone who are or aren’t depressed in their life that you are not alone in this world. Ask for the help before it goes wrong and change your life where nothing is sure and achievable.

It’s good that not to bother is good but if something is beyond your reach then you should consult someone who can handle or suggest you something.

Please read the following message below that I found in MSN News Headlines.

Beautiful, smart and popular, 17-year-old Hannah Modra seemed a picture of success to all who knew her. But the Melbourne school girl was hiding a secret illness within the pages of her diary — an illness that ultimately took her life.

After a sudden onset of depression, the bubbly Year 12 prefect at Mount Waverley Secondary College committed suicide in January, shocking her family and friends. “Hannah was a beautiful, successful, delightful girl,” father Mark Modra told ABC’s Australian Story.

“It just seemed too sad and unbelievable that such a thing could happen to someone so happy, beautiful, friendly and helpful.” Mr Modra and his wife Ellen are speaking out about their daughter’s tragic death to raise awareness about depression.

“We could have chosen to try and keep the whole thing quiet, to cover it up with some story that might have covered up the awful truth, but from very early on we decided that there was nothing for us to be ashamed of,” Mr Modra said.

Hannah wrote about suffering from depression in her diary, but admitted “fear of embarrassment and pride are keeping me both from medication and counsellors”. In a diary entry on the day of her death, Hannah wrote: “Fainted at school today, at the front of the whole assembly.

“Most people managed to finish all their homework … I feel like I can’t do anything … I don’t want to bring down my whole school score, is it just because I’m tired?” It wouldn’t (be) that hard just to end it all.”

Hannah’s mother Ellen told Australian Story her daughter’s biggest mistake had been to try and fight her depression on her own. “She had no idea she could die from this illness and she thought she could get through it without bothering anybody.”

If you need support or information about suicide prevention contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or SANE Helpline on 1800 18 SANE (7263). (in Australia)

5 Responses to "Dont Let Your Depression Kill You Like Hannah Modra"

1 | Laura

September 20th, 2008 at 5:16 am

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I was 15 when i tried to kill myself. I failed, and was in a mental hospital. When i came out I was a wreck. I discovered that I had had depression since the age of 9. That was more thqn 1/3 of my life. I am 18 now, and I still struggle with my depression and suicidal tendencies. I am ahving to relearn how to act around people, as i was depressed for so long I had no people skills and I had to learn how to live again. Depression is not exclusive. Anyone can get it, and it can be fatal. I am glad this story has come to light, and in a way I am jealous of Hannah. I wish i had succeeded sometmes, but other times, i look around and see the colours, and the noises and the smells, and i feel lucky. As hard as it is to get help, it is so much harder to end your own life. never be afraid, and, as hard as it is to rememeber, there is ALWAYS someone out there who loves you.

2 | Marion

September 21st, 2008 at 9:38 am

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What a beatiful girl and such a sad way to die all alone. We really need to talk about depression more, it won’t encourage more people to commit suicide unless they’re already well on the path. Silence kills.

3 | C. J. Scholar

January 31st, 2009 at 3:00 am

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These stories leave a little untold. Did Hannah die from an overdose? From whom did she obtain the medication or poison. Had she been prescribed medication of some kind? Etc

4 | Jasmine shrestha

February 11th, 2009 at 9:26 am

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every hyuman being has positive and negative thoughts , even i lost my brother bishesh my mother shyama ,my grand pa and my grandmother ,and am also eating medication but am controlling my mind when it turns to do sucide, i just control my mind ,if you guys need a help from me , i will be there
peaceful spirit,jasmine shrestha -avm

5 | Jasmine shrestha

February 11th, 2009 at 9:35 am

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DEAR ALL PEOPLES AND BROTHER N SISTERS

If you do not serve your fellowmen who are your kith and kin who have similar feelings, impulses and instincts as you whom you see before your eyes alive and gladly accepting with a smile of gratitude, then how can you serve God who is so far above and beyond you, so different and distant, so powerful and mysterious? Train yourselves to serve God by serving men, in whose hearts God is installed.”

“Service to any being amounts to serving Me, for I am in all,” God says. “The relief and joy that you give to the sick and the sorrowing reach Me, for I am in their hearts, and I am the One whom they call out to. God has no need of your service. Try to serve the godly; become the servants of the servants of the Lord. The service of man is the only means by which you can serve God.”,JASMINE SHRESTHA ,KATMANDU -AVM

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