As depression and suicide rates increase around the world, it's time we all reflect on life and ask: Is my life meaningful? Do I want this? and if it's not, what do I really want?
This New York Times piece talks about suicide in North Korea, but it's really reflective of all that's happening around the world as we all become more affluent, and life gets more meaningless for many.
By the way, national suicide rates in Malaysia and for many Asian countries are hush-hush and kept under lock and key. Research methodologies are private and very few article address this deeply disturbing trend among us.
Suicide is one... but what about the number people who are depressed and don't have an outlet to talk to? What about other suicidal tendencies... self-mutilation, alcoholism, drug abuse.
When will we all grow up enough to be able to talk about this? Or are we waiting for it to happen to someone we know before we look life in the face and have the courage to address the ugly and work to turn things around.
Let's stop sweeping things under the carpet and start addressing things to make a change.
Read this NYT article: Stressed & Depressed, Koreans Avoid Therapy
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