This is an excellent article.
Thinking of suicide?
Stop and get help now.
I am saddened by the two celebrities, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, that died by suicide last week. However, I am glad it has increased the discussion about mental illness and suicide. I wish people would discuss the severe epidemic of mental illness and suicide before celebrity suicides occurred, but at any rate we are talking about it finally.
After listening to people speak about mental illness on the news and other places, I have come to the realization that most people do not have a clue what mental illness is. Too many people have said that these two people who died by suicide had everything going for them and had everything to live for and yet they were not happy. These comments make me think that people really don’t get it.
Mental illness is not a choice. Mental illness is not a character flaw. Mental illness is not always…
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alkaplan 
Amen!
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