“Don't commit suicide!” Shoko Nakagawa's thoughts, August 23, 15:56

Suicide of children increasing at the end of summer vacation.
The talent Shoko Nakagawa wrote a book for young people based on the experience of bullying when he was in junior high school.
The title is "Don't die!"
What are your thoughts in the work? I talked to Mr. Nakagawa.
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I'm bullying and my head is white ...

Nakagawa-san was unable to attend school because of bullying when he was in junior high school.

Visible harassment, such as “hiddenly writing” or “nerd”, as well as hidden shoes.

During the holidays, I pretend to be lying on my desk and sleeping.
Sometimes pretending to be busy, swapping textbooks in the hallway.

I tried to pretend to be pretending that I was busy because I was not alone, but on the other hand, there was a person who noticed that it was too much.

The days when the day feels very long.
Suddenly, a thought shook my head.

"There was a time when it was such a urge to become pure white," I'm not good "," I don't know "," I'm dead "," I can't do it anymore "

Says that my heart has broken.

Words that snuggle up to young people

Nakagawa-san wrote based on his own experience, "Don't die!"
The subtitle is "You are being bullied is not bad".

The idea was to send an ale to children who suffered from bullying and were unable to consult others.

“'I'm afraid to go to school because of bullying', 'I want to die', 'I don't want to see that child',” What words should I use for adolescent teenagers who are attacked by various feelings? I started to write, thinking what an adult ’s closeness is. ”

Mr. Nakagawa said he did not want to listen to adult words when he was suffering from bullying.
When I was in my thirties, I thought about what words I could say to myself at that time.

“Bullying at SNS and the current bullying are diversifying, but on the other hand, there are things that have n’t changed radically. I found many words that I wanted to keep. ''

Find a lot of things you like

When I was suffering from bullying and struggling, it was time to come in contact with books, comics, and music.

“I feel like this helps the future. I was distracted by reading various books and listening to music to protect my mind and prevent holes in my heart. I want you to find something that survives and moves the antenna of your heart.

In this book, Mr. Nakagawa talks to young people with his comics.

“There are many different ways of living outside of school.”
“If you want to die, you do n’t have to go.”

"That doesn't run away."
“To choose the right path for yourself in a one-time life”

“I want you to find a lot of things you like and create a place to live.”

“It ’s great to be able to talk with someone in the same hobbies. It ’s great to connect people you do n’t know with the concept of“ likes ”. I'm glad I didn't die, I'm glad I found it at that time. ''

What should adults do

How should schools and families behave?
I also heard about “responses to the surroundings”, which often becomes a problem with bullying.

"I don't want to lose bullying, but I don't think anyone can commit suicide. It's an adult who knows that if you survive, you might manage. `` I don't know the child who is at that moment, what I can understand because I am an adult living beyond that.

What I stressed on that was that I just wanted to be “the person next to me”.

“If you listen to any small voices, it ’s just that there are people who are close by and can laugh together or talk about things that are completely different, or just someone who is normal. I will protect the victim, listen to the voice of the victim, and beside me, listen to the story.

Your life is yours

I heard what you want to tell the children the most.

“You are being bullied, it ’s not bad. Your life is yours. No one can take it away. It ’s okay. We ’ll have adults to do something.”

“It ’s a shame to spend your precious time and energy for those who are bullying. Well, it ’s never going to lose important lives.”

After the interview

Mr. Nakagawa, now bright and energetic, has a magnificent experience that can never be imagined.

All of the facial expressions that appealed to me were sad, and felt like the appearance of suffering that had accumulated in my chest for a long time.

Nakagawa says that he wrote this book in less than three weeks.

There was a sense of crisis that can only be understood by a bullied party, and there was a desire to deliver it during this summer vacation.

I also spoke to high school students who were not attending school due to interviews, but at this moment too, I witnessed the reality that there are many children in the country who do not want to go to school or feel that they cannot go to school. Did.

I felt strongly that I wanted the children to receive a message from Mr. Nakagawa, “You are being bullied.