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thenewgreen · 3483 days ago · link · · parent · post: "Split Image:" Ivy League Star Athlete; Parking Garage Suicide
If the outcome of this type of story is that someone says, "what a shame," and then hugs their child a little tighter, calls their sister or contemplates their own mental state for a brief moment, then I'd say there's value there. Even if a new distraction comes along. Twenty years ago, the idea of deoression being a real and valid disease wasn't much appreciated. Each story like this inches society closer to this understanding. Do we as a society fall shamefully short of addressing this disease? Hell yes. All the more reason to write about it imo.