Warning: This post contains details of suicide and may be distressing and difficult for some readers.
Videos of a teenager who was allegedly encouraged by his girlfriend to take his own life in 2014 have emerged, showing the teen discussing his social anxiety in the months before he died.
Conrad Roy III was 18 when he died by suicide, with prosecutors trying his girlfriend Michelle Carter for involuntary manslaughter after she inundated him with text messages before his death, consistently and persistently asking him when he would take is own life.
As part of the trial being heard at the Bristol County Juvenile Court, videos of Roy have emerged, in which the 18-year-old details the depths of his depression, his experience with social anxiety and his anguish about his struggle with mental health.
The videos – found on Roy’s computer – were recorded exactly a month before he died on July 12, 2014.
“I have a lot going for me,” he said in a video recorded on June 12. “I just have to get the cobwebs out.”
“What I am doing is looking at myself so negatively, looking at myself… this minuscule little particle on the face of this earth, this no-good trash, will never be successful, never have a life, never have kids, never learn. But I have a lot to offer someone,” he added.
“I’m introverted, I’m nice and caring … there’s some benefits. I’m a nice kid. But its come to a point where I’m just … too nice.”