Heartbreak as Bullied Schoolgirl, 13, Takes Her Own Life Just ONE DAY After Posting Chilling TikTok About Suicide Awareness – As Devastated Family Reveal They Had No Idea About Her Secret Torment
- Teenager Clarrissa Nicholson, 13, took her own life at her home in Townsville, North Queensland after years of ‘relentless’ bullying.
- In a heartbreaking twist, the schoolgirl posted a video about suicide awareness on TikTok just one day before she was found dead by her mother.
- Her devastated family have revealed they only learned the horrifying extent of the in-person and online bullying after her tragic death.
- Heart-wrenching tributes have poured in from friends as her family said she ‘always wore a smile’ to hide the ‘depth of her struggles’.
A 13-year-old girl took her own life after suffering through years of relentless bullying, with her heartbroken family only discovering the true depth of her secret torment after she was gone.
Clarrissa Nicholson, who had just recently celebrated her 13th birthday, died at her home in Mount Low, Townsville, overnight on September 2. In a devastating discovery, her mother, Selena Nicholson, found her daughter the next morning just as she was due to leave for school.
In a truly gut-wrenching twist, it has been revealed that just one day before her death, the schoolgirl had shared a TikTok video to her own page raising awareness for National Suicide Month. ‘One simple question can help save someone’s life,’ the chilling post read. ‘You matter, please stay.’
Her family has now revealed that despite the brave face she put on, the Northern Beaches State High School student had been the victim of vicious in-person and online bullying.
‘We didn’t know [about her inner struggles], she literally always had a smile on her face, she smiled all the time,’ her heartbroken mother told the Townsville Bulletin. She said she later learned of the cruel taunts her daughter endured. ‘They’d call her names, like she got called a ‘flounder’, ‘oh, you look like a flounder’, just horrible things like ‘no one loves you’ kind of things but people loved her.’
The family’s grief has been echoed by Clarrissa’s friends, who flooded her final social media post with tributes. ‘I love you Rissa. I sit and count the minutes go by, thinking of every moment we had together,’ one grief-stricken friend wrote. ‘I sob every second reading our chats together. You mean everything I hope you rest better than you did down here on this cruel world.’
Clarrissa’s grandmother, Trish Hamilton, said the family was grappling with the ‘overwhelming emotional journey’ of their sudden loss. ‘For the last few years she battled with in-person and online bullying,’ Ms Hamilton wrote on a GoFundMe page for the funeral. ‘Despite the pain she carried, she always wore a smile and did her best to protect her family from knowing the depth of her struggles.’
More than 200 mourners gathered to farewell the teenager at a touching service on Friday, where many signed her coffin with messages like ‘Fly high pretty girl, love you’.
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