Dear Logan Paul

Dear Logan Paul,

I'm sure by now you are overwhelmed with the response to your vlog, but I feel the dire need to share with you of the other half of suicide. The family, the loved one, the sister that is still here.

Did you think about "the dead body's" life when you were shooting, editing, and posting this vlog?

Did you ever once consider that the dead body had people who loved and cared about him?

Did it ever cross your mind that people struggling with mental illness and depression would see you making a mockery of suicide, and think about how they must not matter either?

Did you think about your audience, the children and young teens that look up to you?

Did you think that mentioning suicide prevention a few times prior to finding this man, and at the end of the blog was enough to do your due diligence? That end-capping your video with the number to the suicide hotline would un-do the trauma and damage you caused to a suicidal person?

I watched the video after much internal debate. I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt. I wanted to blame news articles for intensifying the situation but they were all spot on.

Did it occur to you that people, like me, that struggle every day with the post traumatic stress of seeing their loved one after they took their life. People that watched your vlog and had to relive the anguish and horror of that moment while you awkwardly laugh and crack jokes?

Logan, I cannot open a door, my closet, a shower curtain, or even close my eyes at night without seeing my sister there dead. There are some nights I do not sleep, and have panic attacks so severe I can barely pull myself out. I genuinely want to know how you had the mental capacity to continue to shoot this vlog.

Suicide has an unforgiving and irreversible way of teaching lessons, but you didn't know that. You were pulled out of your whimsical, bubble of a life and met face to face with the reality of pain in suffering in the world. This was a wake up call you so desperately needed. You could have done something powerful with this vlog yet you chose to exploit this innocent man and the act of suicide itself. You have become so oblivious to anyone besides yourself that you couldn't see the danger in posting this.

You could have stopped filming and began advocating for suicide prevention. But that doesn't get views does it?

You could have walked away from the vlog entirely and spoke about your experience. But that's not your brand, is it?

Logan Paul, consider this a blessing. You have turned into something the world does not need. The internet is done with you. I hope you take all the time you need to reflect on the damage you caused, the boundaries you severely crossed, and the pain you brought to those suffering and their families.

Do better. Be better.