How do we fight depression & mental illness?
Earlier this year we lost Chester Bennington. Yesterday, Korean popstar Jonghyun (a member of the globally popular boy band SHINee) committed suicide. Today it was revealed that he had been suffering from depression. He left behind a letter, one you can read here:
WARNING: Due to the potentially traumatic nature of this topic, it is advised that you do not force yourself to read this if you are currently in a bad mental state.
These are just two people. Two people who touched a whole world with their music but, only two people among many thousands that chose to end their life this year. According to WHO (World Health Organization),
"Close to 800 000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds."
And according to mind.org,
the overall number of people with mental health problems has not changed significantly in recent years, but worries about things like money, jobs, benefits, and war can make it harder for people to cope. It appears that how people cope with mental health problems is getting worse as the number of people who self-harm or have suicidal thoughts is increasing
Finally, a friendly reminder to everyone at cK to treasure your friends. You never truly know what someone is going through.
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