Dear Logan Paul,
I am not too familiar with who you are other than that you are a YouTuber and you have a brother named Jake who is also on YouTube.
I also know that you made headlines when you went to Japan and visited Aokigahara, which is nicknamed the Suicide Forest because legend has it that is where people go to commit suicide. You stumbled upon a dead body hanging on a tree but instead of stopping the filming, you filmed the body knowing well that you have 12-year-olds watching your videos and it could be easily disturbing for those who are triggered easily.
I did not write this letter with the intention of bashing you, instead, I wish to teach you.
I feel like when you made that video you could have cut out the part where you saw the body and maybe have talked about it after when you weren't in the forest, or at the very least not have filmed the body at all. Or, not have gone into the forest at all, after all that forest is not a tourist attraction. (I say this as someone who plans to visit Japan one day) but you could have maybe given people some education about it without going into the forest at all and traumatizing some people.
I would also like to tell you how easy it is for someone to get triggered. Think about all the people who have lost loved ones to suicide, some of them may even be friends of yours or fellow YouTubers. Think about those people and how hard it was for them to see that body because they have already been through it themselves.
I do wish you had thought before you had posted the video. I really do hope that you learn from all of this take the advice of YouTuber Casey Nesitat, he gave you some good advice, if you didn't see it I will tell you what it is.
He gave you the advice to use your channel to talk to about suicide prevention, give some information about it share some of these hotlines listed below:
Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255
Depression Hotline: 1-888-640-5174
Self Harm Hotline: 1-877-455-0628
Mental Health Hotline: 866-677-5924
You can also volunteer at a hotline and talk to people who are dealing with these kinds of situations, donate some money to an organization, use that situation you got yourself in to actually spread some good.
I really truly hope that you learn from all of this, if you say all of this was to raise awareness of suicide prevention, then keep your word and use this as an opportunity to talk about it.
May you learn from all of this and hopefully this makes you a better person in the end.
Sincerely,
Someone who wants to make a difference