Trigger Warning: Mention of suicide, depression
Ang balita tungkol sa trahedya ng pagkamatay ng social media influencer na si Emman Atienza ang dahilan para muling mapag-usapan ang pagpanaw ng kanyang pinsan na si Andrea Georgia Atienza Beltran noong Agosto 2014.
Si Andrea ay anak ni Alessandra Atienza, kapatid ng TV host na si Kim Atienza, ang ama ni Emman.
Sina Alessandra at Kim ay mga anak ni dating Manila Mayor Lito Atienza.
Winakasan ni Andrea ang sariling buhay sa edad na 18.
Sa isang panel discussion tungkol sa mental health noong 2023, inilahad ni Kim ang pagkakaroon ng bipolar disorder ni Emman.
Pag-amin ni Kim tungkol sa mental health condition ni Emman: "Despite the fact that we give her so much love, so much attention, and so much understanding. There have been attempts at self-harm."
Read: Social media influencer Emman Atienza dies at 19
THE TRAGIC DEATH OF KIM ATIENZA'S NIECE
Sinundan ito ni Kim ng pagbabahagi sa nangyari sa kanyang pamangkin noong 2014.
Lahad niya: "She was reaching out so badly, but no one understood her.
"As a matter of fact, before she took her life, she posted on Twitter: 'Give me one reason not to.'
"But it was so cryptic. Nobody understood what it was. Nobody replied.
"She took her life that day."
Read: Kuya Kim Atienza Opens Up About Niece's Suicide In 2015
ALESSANDRA ATIENZA ON TRAGIC LOSS OF HER DAUGHTER
Bago nagsalita si Kim tungkol sa masakit na karanasan ng kanilang pamilya dahil sa pagpapatiwakal ni Andrea, nauna nang nakausap ng GMA News si Alessandra noong Mayo 2023 tungkol sa malagim na pagpanaw ng kanyang anak.
Ibinahagi ni Alessandra na may depresyon si Andrea at ang kanyang mga pinagdaanan para maghilom ang sakit na idinulot ng napakalungkot na pangyayari.
Bahagi ng kanyang pahayag: "It was painful to hear that word, 'condolence.' I didn't even know what that really meant. But I also know that they were grieving with us.
"It was a mix of emotions. I was asking, not my child in particular, 'Why did you leave us?' 'Why did you run away?' 'We could have gone through this together.'
"I was so angry at the situation.
"I went through so much pain but it also gave me the push to realize that something must be done here. So, I just stayed put and went through the process of healing.
"I believe we've gone through the worst of times. Life has a weird way of turning grief into magical opportunities, of giving you gifts that I often think they're also being sent to us by my daughter.
"One day, I just learned how to forgive the people that surrounded my daughter.
"I was angry at the environment because people had no idea what she was really going through and I felt they only ignited her struggles to turn into the perfect storm.”
Nagawa na raw patawarin ni Alessandra ang mga taong tinutukoy niya.
Saad niya: “I didn't need to see them. It just had to be me.
"My conversations on forgiveness was with me.
"Besides, they didn't even know that I was angry at them.
"Anger was brewing within me so I was able to get rid of that dark cloud above me by releasing my forgiveness.”
Ang depresyon ay seryosong usapin. May mga organisasyong handang tumulong sa mga taong dumaraan sa ganitong kondisyon. Katulad na lamang ng National Center for Mental Health na inilunsad ng Department of Health.
Para sa nangangailangan ng tulong, maaring tumawag sa National Center for Mental Health Crisis Hotline: 1553, Landline (02) 7-989-8727 at mobile number 0966-351-4518.
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