Two deaths in One day

Definitely not everyone understands mental illnesses. Surely, not all the time we can explain ourselves - about our mental illness, our struggles, our fights, and the stigma we have to live with - that we are weak, we just lack attention, or worse, we are crazy.

This reality about our struggle has what probably made Robin Williams and one college student take their own lives. This news about what seems to be apparent cases of suicide happened in one day. Two deaths in one day had to make sense to me in the midst of my crazy and heavy work demands.

Reports of suicide because of severe, mild or even clinical depression bother me a lot. It bothers me in the sense that in this noisy but lonely world, there's always that one person who we know or not know, that has to go through all the difficult processes of fighting depression. It bothers me to know that this person is even known to make people happy. It bothers me to know that there's probably nobody making him happy when he needs a slice of happiness. It bothers me that seemingly, there will never be a solution to mental illnesses. It bothers me that there's no choice but to struggle. And when the person gives up, he or she would be called weak. And in death, that person is still negatively judged - this bothers me! How cruel the world can be.