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You are NOT what you are sick of!
Mental health illnesses don't define you
The cock crowed as the day dawned, the baby birds tweeted a harmonious chant and I too was waking up into my daily morning routine. With my laptop on my desk and some books momentarily being flipped in an impulse, I was in for some enlightenment that morning.
There was a difference in my soul; passion breath deep within me - my passion for mental health and the related disorders it creates. This aspect burns continually in my heart.
My mind was dedicated to making a study on why world renowned personalities like Men and Women of God, celebrities, business moguls and great inventors who have greatly influenced the world would resort in killing themselves.
What could they possibly lack in this life?
They had riches, relationships, various places to lie their heads. They could command anything required for man’s survival and have it at their disposal in seconds.
What then was the void?
I continued to ponder on why these people who have evidently reached the pinnacle of success would even consider suicide? How could they forget all they worked hard for?