> "David later wrote a beautiful tribute to his father, offering the insight that his dad "was impacted by the sense, so prevalent in our society, that depressi

> "David later wrote a beautiful tribute to his father, offering the insight that his dad "was impacted by the sense, so prevalent in our society, that depression is somehow a character flaw rather than an illness." He believes that's what kept his father, a psychologist, from seeking help, along with many others." Can we talk more specifically about the sense that suicide is a failure? I've seen many responses to recent public suicides about that depression is a struggle and not to be stigmatized and in the same breath write suicide off as a "selfish" choice (like somehow it's a rational decision?), a choice only for someone who has given up and is a failure. If we want people to be open and honest about what they are struggling with we can take the stigma off of all parts of mental illness.