Nobody wants to kill themselves. In fact, most people who take this step act by believing that they have no other, more acceptable outcome. This is the last option, your last resort to escape a painful life. Is it very likely that the macabre game of the “blue whale”?it hasn’t been understood by most people. But there’s one thing we can’t lose sight of: today, hundreds of children and adolescents navigate oceans of loneliness, sadness and vulnerability are people who need help.
Maylen was 13 years old and living in a small town in Colombia, his life was apparently normal, not unlike any other teenager his age, a few days before he committed suicide hanging herself with a tape, the girl asked her mother if she was blue. whales existed. ” Yes, there are, and there should be few left. They’re on the brink of extinction. ” Ms. Villamizar responded without being able to imagine what her daughter had in mind.
- “One of the main missions of adolescence is to conquer an identity.
- Not necessarily a knowledge of who we are.
- But a clarification of what we can become?-Anonymous-.
Maylen wasn’t the only one to take this step. Some 130 young people from around the world participated in the 50 degrading tests of this “game”. A game that is won with a “last shot”, that of committing suicide (and if not done, here is one more crime, the game warns that, having knowledge of the user’s IP, third parties can murder their friends and family).
Many can say that the world of social media, forums and these groups formed in the intangible network of new technologies only has negative consequences, however, behind all this, there is a reflection that this game imposes on us: the world, believe it or No, is full of blue whales. Precious and, at the same time, vulnerable beings represent these atvic universes that we unconsciously or deliberately neglect: loneliness, fear, insecurity, feeling of talking to a wall?
It’s time to make decisions. The opposite of the blue whale is the “pink whale”, a wonderful initiative born as a reaction to the game that takes the lives of many young people pitifully.
Interestingly, the name of this game has very little to do with the beautiful animal on which it is based. The blue whale is the largest animal on our planet. They are elegant swimmers and travel the ocean at high speed. they are one of the loudest animals on the planet, capable of emitting different pulses and growls that are heard more than 1500 kilometers away, probably one of nature’s most fascinating creatures.
However, our “blue whales”, those that swim on paved floors and in the world of social media, are silent creatures, those that go unnoticed, in addition, are characterized by psychological vulnerability and lack of stable references to the repeated Question of how a 12, 13 or 18 year old boy decides to take the step in this game, where things are as humiliating as they are painful , we have to take into account several aspects that will help us to understand that a little better Phenomenon.
The game of the blue whale allows children and adolescents to create a personality in a world in which they feel invisible, in which many do not find their place, in which nothing seems to awaken a sense of identification. The disconcerting ordeal surpasses a feat, is it a show of courage because they have faced pain, fear, indecision? All of these elements are achievements that they post with “pride” for psychological reinforcement and motivation. The motivation to keep going.
In turn, entering this type of games gives them the feeling of being part of a project, from which a commitment was born, it should not be forgotten that adolescence is a phase of research, in which if the young person does not have a consolidated group of friends or a family with an active bond and as a safe reference , this girl or boy will only seek to defend himself from society in some way (which sometimes ends up being the least fair).
The Blue Whale game offers, after all, a journey of cruel challenges for these children and teenagers. Challenges to try to regain self-esteem, not knowing that they are at the mercy of the sadistic and cruel whims of the people behind this game.
You have to wake up and realize that more than one blue whale is sailing around us, however, you have to be careful not to scare them, not to get angry with them for being the way they are, for feeling what they feel or Be curious about this game , because if we punish, judge or mock, the blue whale will move away from us, we must guide it with confidence, closeness and intelligence so that with our help it becomes a pink whale.
“Adolescence is a new birth, since with it more complex and superior human characteristics are born. -GRAM. Stanley Hall-
As WHO explains, about 4% of the population suffers from depression and every year more than 800,000 people choose to commit suicide because, for them, it is the only option to stop suffering. A large proportion of this figure is made up of young people between the age of 13 and 25. In addition, about 16 million people are known to self-harm, especially adolescents.
That’s why we need to approach creation and education in a different way. We need more tools in schools and, without a doubt, more initiatives like the “Baleia Rosa”, aimed at building a positive attitude through 50 tests as assertive as fun In it, every step is the beginning of life, not the end of sadness.
On the other hand, the work of families is vital in these cases and, therefore, we must be aware of these simple guidelines every day:
Finally, we must pay attention to the mood and behavioral changes of our teens, in turn, regularly monitoring what they do and share on social media is critical to avoiding situations like the ones that are happening today, and closer to us than you could. Imagine.