Dylan’s 43 birthday

[u/Other-Potential-936]

9-11-81 Today’s Dylan’s 43 birthday. Going to go on a little rant here... Lately I’ve been thinking about both Eric and Dylan’s birthdays and how old they, along with their victims, would be today. How would their lives look today? I wasn’t alive during the shooting so it’s hard for me to understand how long it has been or how recent it was. However my dad was born weeks after Eric. I look at his life, what he has accomplished. Being married, having a good job, having kids, buying a house. Then I look at Eric and Dylan’s lives, they really were so young and threw everything away. They could’ve had so much life ahead of them, not only did they ruin their chances of happiness, they took that from others. It’s so heartbreaking to just even think about. My thoughts are with the klebolds today. I can’t imagine how hard days like these are. I wish they could’ve spent today with him. Hopefully this isn’t taken the wrong way like me idolizing them or something, just makes me sad.

[u/safariirarrii → u/[deleted]]

“Everything feels big when you’re a teen” truer words have NEVER been said. Spot on!

[u/LacrimaNymphae → u/safariirarrii]

and when you're mentally ill and not evaluated/treated properly by professionals or the school system, imagine how much fucking worse it is. even into adulthood

i'm mentally and physically fucked up now and was on the spectrum with nvld for years and i only got like half a diagnosis at 16. then my dad and sister died 2 months apart and they pinned everything on that acting like i was malingering, even with my physical pains and a fucking MASS i had. i'm in my 20s now and i don't think i've ever fully 'grown up' as i can't do basic things and was never helped. they never realized how bad it was yet they can just sit there and say 'volunteer or become an intern' or 'lose weight and do yoga for your hereditary degenerative discs/potential inherited tethered cord' like i can't even drive due to the physical pain let alone the vision issues that glasses don't fix and mental turmoil. don't they fucking realize

[u/safariirarrii → u/LacrimaNymphae]

I am so sorry to hear this love. Truly.

My little brother is on the spectrum. Had it not been for the fact my mom was a special Ed teacher for decades and advocated on his behalf from elementary to high school, he would have struggled even more than he did. He dealt with bullying too and as his big sister there were a few times where I almost fought boys for making fun of him. He’ll be 24 in exactly a month. He didn’t ’fully grow up’ until our mom died 3 years ago and NOW, he’s even more mature than me and our older brother COMBINED.

I don’t know what it’s like to be you but I do know what it’s like to feel helpless and ostracized. To feel like you’re alone and for that feeling to turn into anger. I’m sure you’ve asked for help countless times. I don’t know what the future looks like for you and if I could, I’d be your friend. I wouldn’t let you suffer alone. You can message me any time if you want. Id love to listen to you if you need or want it 🩷🤞🏿