Demetri

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i just watched your dont give up video and it was the most enspiring video i have ever seen. ive seen a few like Matthew Lush's, but you actually seem like you believe what your saying. now dont get me wrong i love what Matthew Lush is doing for the gay community, but you seem more sencier. i often feel very lonely because i have no one to love. i know my family loves me, but they dont support me, save for my brother. im gay and my mom is very religious so i have no support from her to be myself. i am very grateful for my family and the love they give, but i cant help but feel alone. i have even decided to move to LA from my home in Washington in hopes of finding the support and that someone who i can be with and love differently than i do my family.
thank you for that video it made me relize again that even tohough i feel alone i will always have someone that loves me. even if it isnt the love im looking for.

hy demetri
you are so great!! the videos of you touched me deep in my heart!! and i can grow in the love to god and to other people!!
i'm sorry but i can't speak enlish very good :D but I hope you will understand me.
on holidays I read the second book about you!! it touched my heart soo deep!! and it give me a fire in my heart to live with jesus, and to be a light for other people. Sometimes it is really difficult for me to say to other people that i believe in god. but you give my so much of hope.
And I will tell other people that I believe in jesus.
I will stand up and be a light for other people.
May god bless you!!
I love you so much!

You are a Very Beautiful person and i thank you for giving me something to think about. After looking at your add request and then went to your page listen to what you had to say and read what you went through it made tears come out of my eyes. Because i been through alot and never forgave anyone for what was going on with me I recently started to love my self as the Black Queen I am.
It's people like you who give alot of us faith and love.
I know you get alot of fan mail so i will keep it short and sweet.
Thank You
Thank You
Thank You
Thank You
Thank You
Don't be a stranger Plz don't

hey, I hope you have been doing well.. and I had to write you because I was thinking.. a lot! .. how does someone like you.. who has tons of viewers and save peoples lives and you try to make something out of the human race.. and then there is someone like Chris Crocker who is famous for being an idiot. I think we need to get you out there and not someone who completely puts others down like he does. I am trying my hardest and telling all my friends about you.. YOu are and amazing person and I really appreciate the help you give.. I dont need the help personally but I am saying thanks for the others that do. I love looking at your page and reading peoples comments and I am just touched.. that brings tears to my eyes.. Thank you.

Thanks to you I feel so much better about myself. Your words, your videos they have helped me so much. I use to cry every night because I wanted to try and kill myself. I've done it before and I've been in a psch ward before. People always tell me I'm ugly, that I won't be loved just like you went through. I was abused and bullied at school it hurt to know that it would happen everyday. Now I know you got through it. I want to, I want to believe I can get through this with my friends. I lost my best friend five years ago, he commited suicide, this hurt so much and hasn't stopped hurting. I know now for me to do that would be the wrong thing. You have helped me so much Demetri. I don't want to kill myself, I don't want to self-harm anymore. I know now my photography, my art, my intelligence is something that will get me through life. You have given me so much in my life. Thank You. It means everything to me to know someone cares about us.

My most heart felt thanks for finding me on this huge myspace and adding me as a friend. I understand alot of what you went through beingst that I've went through alot of it myself. I knew both of my parents yes..but at the tender age of 7 I was sexually abused by my own father. From then on I have suffered, my mother has suffered. I've also been mentally and physically abused. By just seeing you and all you have done it's given me some hope at the end of my day to just carry on and get over all I and we as a people go through. You're beautiful baby and don't believe anything less than that.

love you. you are "not of this earth". i needed reassurance. i'm a disabled(but i walk fine),retired, 38 Yo dentist(but thank God i still get carded). anyway, i am goint thru shit right now. my doc just told my,abovE all other health probs i have, that they r going to have to slice out my uterus. man, when my family and friends found out i am going to need surgey,they stopped callig and do not return my calls.(like i am going to give them my shitty luck). aside from my 2 loving daughters,who r at their dad's this week, i have never felt so fucking alone in MY LIFE. but what u said will definitely give me strength to not change into those kind of people,to keep smiling, and just to keep speading my love around, til God says,"Thank You,Grace, for listenin to demetri :)

watching some of your videos has helped me realize that i need to be who i am and not what others want you are helpin alot of people and for that i give you my respect keep doin what you are doing and i hope u live a long and prosperouse life

Hey D Im watching one of ur old videos, "I cry for you" ur such a talented young man and I completely believe in u...I jus wanted to share a story tht happened jus yesterday...I had went to work feeling crummy and I was running a fever...well I went to the restroom and there was a lady crying her eyes out...and as sick as i felt I went over to her and gave her a hug...and told her things will be ok...mind u I dont knw her at all...but it made me feel good inside..and I would like to thank u for tht moment bc it was u tht turned my heart and realized tht other ppl are suffering far more than jus my fever...hehe God bless u

Hi Demetri,
I just wanted to tell you how I admire you and your strength. Your grow-up story was hard but I..m glad you made it so much better than others. I watched your videos on your Myspace-Site and I started crying... I..m anorexic for a year now and I haven..t told it to my friends and my boyfriend yet- I..m so afraid that he leaves me when he knows I..m ill... When I cried my mom came in and so I told her that I..m anorexic and she said she wants to help me- Thanks! Your power encouraged me to be strong too. And I stared feeling a little bit better.

Hey demetri, This is going to sound so weird...but we've been through a lot of the same things...
I'm a writer, so I write my feelings out..
when I was three my mom committed suicide in front of me..and my dad died last year he raised me so we were really close.
I know I don't know you but I'm glad to know that someone else out there has gone through shit.
Especially about the whole gay thing.
Because everyone except for my dad accepted me for being gay
the rest of my family just beat the hell out of me.
and when my dad actually died like at the funeral none of them sat with me and I don't even live with any of them.
They didn't even show up to see what was going to happen to me
I was almost put in an orphanage.
Sorry, I don't know why I just told you this...well I guess I feel a connection with you I dunno

Demetri,
I think that your story is amazing. As a child I was abused. Sexually and physisacally. I was raped almost everyday until I was 8. It started when I was almost 4. I was physiacally abused until I was 13. I totally understand where your coming from. And I think that you are amazing.

Demetri,
Really. I watched the video and EVERY THING you said was worded exactly as i always believed. I wish every body could just love like we do.
It's hard because people like us tend to get mistreated. I don't know why, but that's what it seems. Don't you think? But I can't stop loving, even when it hurts. Even when I don't get love back. Even when I really want to. It's just in my nature. Like you said about the guy and the scorpion.
It's nice to know that there is at least some one else in the world that thinks like i do.
Love you.

I've been one of the world's many unfortunate rape victims. Problem is, a lot of people don't believe me. The cops pretend the be on the case as hard as they can but they say my story doesn't add up... as if they believe HIS story. Thing is, I'm telling the truth. I mope around thinking my life is over and I feel like hiding in a deep, dark hole and crying my eyes out. Watching your video, though made me think. Hey... I'm still here. The bastard had the decency to let me live. He IS behind bars and I AM safe... I'm thankful for all that. Now I just need to take the time to heal emotionally. You're views on life are such a breath of fresh air... Thanks so much.

demetri, when i saw u on my myspace i said to my self that i was going to delete u because u looked like another self center freak i see every day
but when i read the 1st section in your about me i thought that maybe u were a ok person
then i read all of them and desided u were
i think now that u could easily be a role model for many people
i think u should go to orphanages and tell your story
u could give people hope, and the will to go on
i just thought that might be a nice thing for u to here
but i do think that u should do that

demetri,
thats for the inspiration it helped me from killing myself

demetri,
i use to cut and i have been thinking about it a lot.
and like my friend just hung himself not to long ago..
and like i cant get over it.
i mean its like everyone keeps talking about death and everything.
it just makes it so much harder to deal with.
everyday i come home from school and cry myself to sleep.
and than at like 10 i do my homework and then take a shower and then i go back to bed.
its like thats what i do to make myself fell better.
and im like practicly dieing a social death.
cuz like every one comes to me to help them and
wehen i go to them no one helps me.
and uhg it makes me so sad so i just gave up on it =/
thank-you for taking the time to read and reply to my message. i can guess how busy you must be with all the people emailing you all the time.
i won't give up. i tried that before.. then i was just even angriar at myself for not my suicide attempts all failing. But i believe that everything happens for a reason.. so i failed to kill myself for a reason. Although i say this now i don't think about that enough. i don't think about how lucky i truly am compared to other people... but i won't give up again.. i can't.. i now have someone to live for.. someone to love and i can't bring him down with me.
thank-you again.
p.s.
i had a dream about you =>

hey...for the past 10 minutes i was watching that video "i cry for you" and i just feel......omg so much much better...
b/c like, ( i know this might sound insignificant to most of the letters you get but.....) everyday i go through this kinda bullshit you were talking bout, I've tried to kill myself many, many times but was stopped by people. everyday at school I'm called shit like "whore" and "aids bubble" and all this other shit....it just hurts and i just sometimes need someone to vent to....you know?
And like everyday, my dad either yells at me or hits me, my mom don't stand up for me, my boyfriend bullies me and calls me stuff(it's like an abusive "I'll kill myself if you ever leave me" kinda thing)....and it is just always hard to make it into the next day
In fact earlier before i went to your site i was bout to go get a knife or blade or anything and do shit i thought i would never in my life do....but you have seriously turned my thought process around....
All i really wanted to say was Thank you Demetri....You've helped me personally more than anyone else ever in their life could have and for this i am eternally grateful.
Thank you so much. YOU are MY hero.....thank you

Things have been a roller coaster since June. I’m still suffering from chronic panic attacks and lately I’ve been thinking about cutting myself. I’ve been scratching at myself and wanted nothing more than to take something sharp to my skin. And then I stumbled across your video “Don’t give up! – I cut myself”. It had me sobbing. Right then and there, I realized that I can’t return to my own ways. It doesn’t solve anything. All it does is give me temporary relief and leaves permanent scars. I have been trying to see myself in a better light and not hate myself anymore. You helped me realize that there is a good, beautiful person somewhere inside of me. I just have to dig for it. And thank you for helping me also realize that my dreams can become reality no matter what other people say.
IÂ’ve never gotten so much inspiration from one person before. So I just wanted to thank you for helping me pull myself up by my bootstraps and taking control of my life.
You have a beautiful soul and a huge heart. You are an amazing person and I wish there were more people like you in this world. Don't ever stop doing what you do.

It was SOOOO GREAT on Friday!! Thanks!!
Ich habe dich in Biel schon gesehen und es war so grossartig.
Bevor du in Biel warst ging es mir nicht so gut.
Ich hasste mich so sehr. Jeden Tag habe ich so viel geweint als ich in den Spiegel sah.
Ich hatte dann zum Teil esstörungen.
Und eine Beziehung war am kaputtgehen.
Als ich dich dann Sprechen hörte war es so unglaublich.
Jedes Wort dass du gesprochen hast ging mir so tief in mein Herz.
Nachdem du gesprochen hast konnte ich eine Stunde nicht mehr aufstehen.
Ich zitterte am ganzen Körper.
Bis heute denke ich jeden Tag an deine Worte. Und ich akzeptiere mich wie ich bin. Und kann mich sogar ab mir freuen.
For me you are an angel. And you cange my live soo much.
You open my eyes.
Kein Mensch auf dieser Welt berührte mein Herz soo tief wie du es getan hast.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
I hope that I will see or hear you again.
BE BLESSED!
And I pray for you!!
I love you

Wow. Your profile is soooo inspiring.
I'm not just telling you this because you want to hear it, this is really coming from my heart.
I was seriously so close to giving up-even to the point where I was considering suicide over the weekend.
But when I read your profile, and saw the shit you put up with and how you came out...it gave me a new look on things.
My problems compared to what you had are nothing, and I absolutely admire you for what you have become today.
Your profile gave me a new sense of hope.
It's good to know that I might grow up to be more than just a nothing.
Thank you, Demetri.
You very well might have just saved a life.
And I'm you have done the same for many more.
I can't wait to buy one of your CDs.
And you also have the most beautiful eyes i've probably ever seen.
There seriously needs to be more people like you in the world.
Keep it up.

Demetri
I just wanted to say thank you so much for the friend request. Your videos are so great,I have always saw my self as an ugly person because of the way I was always treated in school, and the way my mothers boyfriend has always seen the negative in me like: im too fat, too ugly, i have no talent. Because of you I know that i am perfect just the way i am and i have no reason to try to kill myself anymore you made me see the good in myself and i just wanted to thank you so much.

Hello - just wanted you to know that I really appreciate what you stand for and believe that you are an inspiration to many. I have a daughter who is 13 years old who is picked on, on a daily basis and would love to be able to have you sit down and talk to her. I know this is not possible...so I am definetly going to sit her down and have her watch your videos. You are an awesome person in my eyes!
I also have a 15 yr old son that came out to me and told me he was gay, all I could do is cry, hug him, and tell him it didn't matter - he is and will always be my son. I think he would gain alot by watching your videos as well....Just wanted to say thank you and hope you are told on a daily basis how much you are appreciated.

Hey demetri i love your page and your videos they are so inspirational! But lately my life has been like a tornado as u can say see I'am Gay and i always have been ive always known and i kinda just denied it. For awhile 13,14,15 i was like u know its just a phase,16,17 i was like i''am bi r confused r whatever but now 18 i realize its me its who i am. I mean my life was similar to yours not with all the orphanages but i was born and my mother did not want me she tried to kill me when i was 2 days old by living me in a 20 degress car,then she stuck an iron 2 my hand cuz i wdnt stop crying and imagaine i'am not even 2 weeks old and she already has done this to me.So my grandma took me and raised me since i was a month old ive never knew my father growing up which was horrible but ive recently met him.Ive basically been denied and disowned by whatever family i have except my grandma and now my dad who i'am getting to know. My life is horrible ive never felt so terrified and scared of the truth in my life! I mean its depressing goin through your life pretending to be some1 your not i mean my friends arent friends with the actual me their friends with who they think i'am. Its almost like i'am livings some1 elses life for them. Its ashame that its 2007 and i have to go through all this hell,torment,and judgment just to hold another mans hand. I'am 18 and ive never been in love ive never been in a real relationship and it hurts. I feel so depressed sometimes because ill never have some1 to love me and i cant love some1 else as long as i'am living this big lie this big secret. I just cant do it anymore i'am sick of seein ppl happy and holding hands all around me and i just look at them because i can never have that unless i face the truth. I have to comeout i mean if i dont i'am gonna be alone the rest of my life and i dont think i could take bein unhappy the rest of my life.I mean i'am basically paranoid 24/7 always wondering do they know,can they tell if i'am gay? I'am sorry but i cant play this straight role anymore ive been denied love my whole life and the only way outta this corner that society,lonliness,depression,fear has backed me in2 is the truth and i know i have to do it. Please help me. Thank you and you can post this if you want as long as it helps some1 its worth it.
and this is my quote made it up myself
"the only reason you look at me with such fear,confusion,and hate is because i reprsent the truth and that scares the truth outta u"-Anthony Johnson

Thanks Demetri .. i said earligere that i wanted to die and stuff, but ehm.. you video about cutting made me chance my mind.. i think i have a suicidel mind, but i promised my boyfriend not ever to hurt myself, so basicly i could't cut my selv or something like that, but i wanted to die so badly.. well, thanks anyway, i got a lot better..

Recently my profile with 40,000 friends was deleted. I have no idea why. This page was saving lives and giving people hope and a reason to live. Please send a post today and ask all of those on your friend list to re-add me. I will not give up! I can not give up! Myspace is used to advertise bands, get sex dates, to make internet celebrities.. I want to use this page to help you.. this is a place where your life story, your problems.. where you matter. I may not be the smartest, prettiest or riches, but I am SOMEBODY and I will let EVERYBODY know no matter who they are or what they have done, that they are SOMEBODY special too. Expect many new videos this month. I love you all.. Please Post a comment today- Demetri Betts

Hey! Thanks for visiting my new Myspace page. I hope that you will visit alot, I will keep it fresh and with new videos almost every week. Hmmmm.... let me tell you a little bit about myself if you dont know me already. I have been in the entertainment industry for almost ten years. I started out in the underground dance rave scene as a model and performer. That means I was a wild crazy boy... most of those days I cant even remember. All those days I was too high on ecstasy or any other random drug my body could handle. I later became a rave and dance promotor in North Carolina (USA), working with some of the biggest names of the dance scene at that time. I was well known because of my crazy, unique look and style. Some hated me... others loved me. I guess you cant win them all.

Orphan kid

What happend before that: As a kid my life pretty much sucked. I was born in prison... crazy huh? And then they acted surprised when I was a depressed child. I am an orphan. I was sexually, mentally and physically abused. Sounds like a bad movie huh? It was. Yeah I was told all the time I was "nothing", and I was beaten and all the kids at school called me ugly and stuff, I was the skinny little black kid with funny big lips and funny hair. I even looked weird to black people. They teased me too.

I need Someone to love me

This one man who had this video game store and wanted all the cute boys to come and play video games for free. (He was a pervert) So my friends and I went. He loved them...but pushed me aside (I guess the was a good thing). He knew I was homeless and he called me "trash". And he said, all I would ever be is trash. Funny right? But I really began to believe it. That I was trash, ugly, unwanted. I had sex with boys, with girls. I ran to almost anyone who would give me "love"... but inside my heart I felt stupid. It wasnt love. It was just sex....

Waking up

One day I woke up... not out of bed but I woke up in my head.. like after a bad long acid trip. Maybe I didnt have to believe what they said about me, and maybe I wasnt so ugly and stupid... I began to fight the words of all those idiots who tried to push me down so they could feel tall. Some how I knew... I really knew, that my life was more than that. I was going to believe in myself and help others who maybe experiened some of the things I have. I hated being depressed....dude it really, really sucks.

People can suck

Most of my friends betrayed me and left me alone. They talked bad about me and said I would never make it. Crazy but when I had or sold drugs and I had a party house, my friends always were there. But if the money or drugs were gone they were too. I felt nobody really believed in me. "You cant sing good. you will never make it!" Man, these words of my friends echoed in my head, but not in my heart. I love sex and I loved drugs but this brought temporary relief I needed something more permenent. Their discouragement only made me stronger, more determained to achieve my dreams.

Media

I felt I had to be free, I had to live my purpose and introduce my singing and dancing ability to the world. A popular Television show in USA filmed and aired my life story with actors and a interview to more than 120 TV stations in the world....twice. It was called by one of the TV show producers Michelle Wilson as one of the best programs she had ever done.

My music

I released my first CD "The firestarter" on my own and it sold only 300 copies. To be honest it was a pretty bad CD. That didnt stop me. My dream was to use my music and talent not to be famous but to help people. I have toured the United States, Europe (I live in Germany now), Brazil, Singapore. Now 6 CDs later I have sold countless albums.

My writing

There are two books about my life. One was a Brunnen Bestseller "Tony Brown". The second book that is amazingly on its second print in one year is called "Tödliche Schuld". I always loved to write. I have written two books and have just finished co-writing a book with Damaris Kofmehl that is a trilogy titled "Dark City". It is a fantasy book that will be in stores in March 2008.

Helping people

I wanted to help people so I have helped open up a project that helps thousands of people in three countries. One of these countries is Brazil and there I started a work that helps homeless street children. You can see me in concert halls, schools, discos and music festivals. My music and tours have been given pretty good review. My shows are a little crazy, but ..hmm... I am a little bit crazy... I know it sounds corny...but it's true. This ugly black kid that was homeless in USA. People told me I would not sing and I was trash. Well I guess they were wrong. I have been in newspapers, radio stations and magazines. But even more than that, this little orphan boys dream has come true. I have used my music and talent to help thousands of teens and adults find a reason to live and the strength to survive.

Not just words...

Dudes know I am not a perfect man. I have many, many mistakes and you dont need to point them out to me. I am fully aware of them. But if my story and music can help you or inspire you, then my life has a purpose. These are not just words. Its true. Please message me, post commments. Keep coming back to this site. There will be many updates...Hey, I would love to be your friend. Tell others about this my page, maybe somebody needs to hear how beautiful they are instead of all the hurtful things the world throws at them. People can be such assholes. Ignore them. You are better than that.You are not trash, or ugly whatever stupid things people say to you. I am proof that you can reach your dreams. NEVER GIVE UP!.

Dont give up!

Think of me. Hey....please, please never think of your life as hopeless. Dont ever let anyone tell you who you are and what you can or can not do. You can achieve your dreams. Dont let anyone hold you down... including yourself. Your hurtful past does not determain your future. Today is a new day. There is hope for you! And remember, sometimes even a beautiful flower can grow in the lifeless desert. I love you all with a deep love, and that love will only grow deeper.

Demetri

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