User blog comment:Queen Misery/"Slender Man" Stabbing - Dark Fiction and Reality/@comment-1441429-20140606021307

Wonderful blog, Misery. It's so saddening that this happened....I can't imagine what the victim must be going through, as this was done to her by people who were supposed to be her friends (they were at a sleepover for goodness sake!). And, to make matters worse, society repeatedly blames the wrong things for these tragic events. Horror stories, grimdark content online, violent video games....please.... You're absolutely right, Misery. These girls are, obviously, very mentally ill and need some serious help. A while back, I viewed a crime documentary, and a very wise psychologist on the show stated that it takes a pre-existing mental disorder to view certain fictional works and react with violence, as a group of kids on the documentary had done. If these girls had not read the Slender Man lore, undoubtedly, something else would have come along eventually and brought their mental illness to the surface.

The last paragraph especially is what we all need to focus on. Let's look out for each other, and know the warning signs that indicate mental instability. Fantastically written, Misery.