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Young and depressed: Just 10 and she wanted to die
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A 10-year-old girl with low self-esteem and who was targeted by bullies wrote this note after a spat with her mother last year. Her mother found it while cleaning the girl's room and sought help. After being counselled regularly and monitored, the girl is now more stable emotionally and coping well in school.
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Janice Tai
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She felt so down after a quarrel, she thought of killing herself and fantasised about "how good" it would be if she was dead.
And she was all of 10 years old.
