Minnie posted in the WGMG thread about a friend of one of her children comitting suicide. We also had a thread recently created about a Canadian porn star comitting suicide at age 23.
In discussions of the above nature arguments arise about wether suicide is a choice. A while back I stumbled upon a TedX talk video where mental health advocate Mark Henich does a talk about his own personal experience with suicide and why there is no choice.
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About the Speaker:
Mark Henick is a mental health advocate. Informed by his direct experience with this aspect of the health care system, Mark has authored commentaries on issues relating to mental health for major newspapers across Canada and the U.S. His undergraduate degree is in Psychology and Philosophy, with a graduate degree in Child Development. At 22, he served as the youngest President of a provincial Canadian Mental Health Association division in history. He is the youngest member of the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
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I think it's important that everyone watch this video with hopes a better understanding can be gained and what people go through. If anything a healthy discussion of the subject with hopes of eliminating the negitive stigma regarding mental health.