Teen Committed Suicide Because She Didn't Get Enough 'Likes' On Social Media

20/12/2019

She was Chloe Davison, a 19-year-old teen from Lanchester, UK.

Chloe wanted to be a carer. But she was found dead at her family home on December 20.

Jade, her older sister, told how Chloe was a social media obsessed teen, and how she took her own life because she thought that she "wasn't good enough unless she was getting Likes".

Jade said that her sibling didn't feel accepted because of that.

Jade continued by saying that her sister was struggling with social anxiety, and this is why Jade believed that social media played a "big part" in her sibling's death.

"I'm absolutely devastated. I don't even have the words to describe the pain. I've recently just had a baby, only nine weeks ago, which Chloe adored. Chloe was my best friend and I don't know what I'm going to do without her," she said.

Chloe and Jade Davison
Chloe (left) and her older sister, Jade Davison (right)

According to Jade, her sister was the type of person who, "if she put a picture on Facebook, would ask the whole family to Like her picture or would sit with me and ask which one I thought was the best before she would post it."

"She thought she wasn't good enough unless she was getting Likes and comments. If she didn't get enough Likes, she didn't feel accepted."

When Chloe started using social media, all she would talk about was how many Likes she could get. Chloe that had struggled with her emotions and anger since the age of 15, concerned too much on what other people thought about her.

"Social media isn't 100% the cause [for her death] but it was a big part because it's too easy for people to sit behind a phone or computer and send nasty messages with no consequences. I sat with Chloe many nights when she was crying because someone had said something horrible."

"Chloe didn't see what we saw. She was so beautiful inside and out and would have done absolutely anything for me, her baby niece and the rest of her family."

Jade said she thinks social media giants such as Facebook and Snapchat should face greater scrutiny.

"It's such a shame people feel like the only way to be happy is to feel accepted on social media because it's all fake. When you use social media, all you see is the 'perfect life' and it's all a competition to look a certain way all the time when in reality it's completely different," she said.

Chloe Davison
Chloe was a beautiful girl, witty and also loving, said her mother. It's just she didn't see that.

Jade's thought was supported by her mother.

Clair Reynolds, the mother of both Jade and Chloe, said that she also blamed social media "a lot for what has happened."

"The impact it has, especially on younger people, can be devastating. Social media took over Chloe's life - whether that be Snapchat or Facebook. She struggled socially from being at school so she didn't work," her mother said.

"Social media was her way of getting through the day. She didn't go out a lot. Younger people need more help and education on social media. There are too many people out there who can say what they like because it's not face-to-face."

She added: "Other people did not see what we saw. Chloe was the joker, bubbly and hilarious. She was the life and soul of the party.

According to her mother, Chloe was a beautiful girl, witty and also loving. It's just she didn't see that.

She had been prone to violent outbursts and binge-drinking. She cared more about how people saw her.

If she posted a photo on Facebook and wasn't good enough, she would quickly remove it.

According to Clair, Chloe was diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder, and had agreed to a care plan. But unfortunately, she didn't live long enough to see a better day.

Chloe Davison funeral
Chloe's coffin was pink, and decorated with unicorns.

Her friends and family have paid tribute to Chloe, who they say was "taken away from us too soon."

Mourners packed out Mountsett Crematorium in Dipton, UK, to say goodbye to the 19-year-old, who died five days before Christmas.

Her pink coffin was decorated with unicorns to tribute the young girl.

People who loved Chloe, managed to raise a few thousand pounds to help the family.

Mourners heard how Chloe had so much to live for.

"My beautiful baby girl there will never be enough words to tell you the love I feel of you. I would have gave you my last breath if you needed it. My life is incomplete now without you," her mother Clair said.

Chloe was born in Dryburn in September 2000 and grew up alongside her mother Clair, father Mark, brother Jordan, sister Jade, step-sister Siobhan and springer spaniel Lucy.