Fact: one in two-hundred girls between the ages of thirteen and nineteen cut, have tried cutting, or will cut. Most people will say, "Oh, that's not a lot."

How many friends do you have? Two? Ten? Fifty?

How many people are in your grade? A hundred? Two-hundred?

How many people are in your school? Five-hundred? A thousand? Even more?

It's not like it's as common as, say, teen drinking. And yes, it's also a problem, but for the sake of this fanfiction, I'm focusing on cutting, eating disorders, and abuse.

Fact: every eighteen minutes, someone commits suicide. It's attempted every forty-three seconds.

Fact: one in for women experience domestic violence in their lifetime.

How many female teachers or superiors do you have? None? Twelve? Sixty?

Fact: eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any illness.

Would you notice if someone around you starved themselves? Or purged?

Fact: I've had over seventeen thousand people view this fanfiction.

How many of these people do you think cut, are victims of partner abuse, or has an eating disorder?

True, maybe these issues are everywhere, but they can be very hard to notice.

"Wait, I don't see any cuts."

"Moron, I'm not going to cut where you can see them."

They only check wrists, no thighs.

Have you ever sat in class and heard someone crack a joke about these things? Do you know how many people who endure this hear it, too? That's why they don't get help.

Granted, there are plenty more reasons. Cutters a lot of times feel worthless and unappreciated. Many are bullied or are abused at home. Some have perfect lives, but it's so perfect, they feel like they're numb and need something to feel alive.

Victims of domestic violence go through things like Allen did. "Oh, I'm so sorry! It'll never happen again. Here are some roses."

Maybe they have children, and their abuser says that they'll hurt the kids or gain custody if they go to court.

People with eating disorders often feel fat and imperfect. They diet, but it never works. A friend mentions this new way of weight loss that's so simple that it'd be a crime not to try it. Well, guess what?

Now, I've never gone through these things, but since I feel like I should, I'll tell you what's happened to me.

I have a great life. My parents are together and love each other. I have a couple best friends that love me. If I have problems, I can lean on these people or my youth group for support.

About two years, I lost my third best friend to popularity, something I now despise. I felt like something was wrong with me even though I was an extremely lucky child. Sometimes, I would contemplate suicide. Thinking back now, I'm not really sure if I meant it or not, but I know that I cried myself to sleep several times.

I'm a Christian, so I had a youth group I had just started going to, and one night after our small groups, I was throwing random, squishy object at other people (don't ask), and I saw a whiteboard. This was apparently what the high school students had done in small group.

At the top, it read "Questions the Bible Doesn't Answer". This perked my interest, and my eyes went right to the question in the middle.

"If someone who's been saved commits suicide, do they still go to heaven?"

Again, I'm not sure whether I'd still be here if I hadn't seen that, but either way, I know that I wouldn't be writing this. I wouldn't have taken an interest.

I'm also overweight. Not as much anymore, but enough that the thought of skinny jeans makes me cringe and I have to wear plus sizes. At the beginning of this year, I stopped eating lunch because I had just started having my period, and my appetite dropped majorly. So I would eat breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.

It didn't bother me until later. Since July, I've lost about thirty pounds, which with my lack of exercise is apparently an unhealthy weight loss. Anyways, I got my appetite back, but I don't eat at lunch very often. I don't consider myself anorexic though, but not many other people do. Though I don't lose a lot of weight anymore, I still am trying to decide on whether what I'm doing is wrong or not.

FOR THE RECORD, THIS A/N WAS NOT SO I COULD ASK FOR IMPUT OR BLAB ABOUT MY WEIGHT.

If you cut, tell someone. Get help. A few helpful websites are: www helpguide org, www revcoveryourlife com, www adolescentselfinjuryfoundation com

If you are abused, get away and tell the police. A few helpful websites are: www thehotline org, www domesticviolence org, www shelterhousenwfl org

If you have an eating disorder, tell someone. Get help. A few helpful websites are: www anad org, www eatingdisordersanonymous org, www allianceforeatingdisorders com

Now for those who are Christians, I just want to say that in First Corinthians, Paul refers to a saved person's body as the Temple of God. Your body is the Temple of God, and you have the Holy Spirit living inside you. God doesn't make mistakes.

I pray every night for those that need help, and if you have requests or need help, please tell me in a review or private message. Even a simple "Prayer" will help so I can pray for you in particular, and hopefully others, too. I'm hoping to make a list and take it to youth.

Please, if you're in pain for any of these reasons, get help! There are people who care for you, even if you think you're alone. God bless you all!