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Originally Posted by hijaxers

Yes depression is an awful thing that can turn a persons world upside down and inside out and it can sometimes cause families and friends to feel helpless, i do hope it was another cause but way too often its the end of a dark hole you see no way out of.

Severe depression feels worse than the lot of them, including cancer. At least with cancer the person knows that there’s hope with chemo. (unless it’s truly terminal). In severe depression (and the general public have no idea how severe depression can be outside the context of bipolar disorder or even that it can be psychotic) hope is one of the many things that isn’t even remotely on the radar. The people who can still vaguely function often walk around like walking skeletons (miserable as sin) and there are people out there who will laugh at/disrespect them and gossip (and I don’t mean talking out of concern or natural curiosity when I say gossip) about them at the pool-table and every cursed, stupid, silly party under the sun with the windows wide open for everyone (including and especially the person who’s actually suffering and knows themselves) to hear. There’s no sufficient language to explain how hopeless and excruciating real depression is but there are definitely one or two words to chuck at people who go out of their way to mock the suicidal. The irony is that the malicious gossips are the ones who actually would be better-off topping themselves and literally going some way to putting the actual decent people out of their misery. I hate those people with every fibre of muscle in me.

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Nobody should ridicule someone going through pain and depression. If this is suicide , then it's very sad and tragic ... especially someone so young and talented. And I hope she rests in peace. There's needs to be more support and understanding for people going through mental health issues.

I hear that, GH. I really, really do.