QUOTE(cursetheroad01 @ Apr 2 2022, 05:40 PM)
You lack empathy
Ones action is always relative to their experience, which differs from everybody else
To a high schooler that has an overbearing parents, likely his life only revolves around his academic
Even if we were going to lazily assume his only hardship is long study hours with constant monitoring and maybe some physical and verbal abuses sprinkled in, to this boy, that might have been enough to suck out all sense of hope.
And let's assume even more that this boy might be having a hard time with his exam to warrant such forced study hours by his parents.
This compounds the effect of flawed study methods ingrained by clueless parents.
Imagine not being good enough even after all that work, which to his mind, should at least appease his parents.
To you and me, his hardship is a walk in a park
To be this thoughtless is lazy
QUOTE(spamfish @ Apr 3 2022, 02:21 AM)
Depression is real serious downward spiral. For those not experience it before can afford to make confidence comment but in reality those that have will have sympathy for the boy. He should have get some help before making the decision to end his life. but that being said, if he can seek help this should not have happen in the first place...
I have been through that. Suicidal intention, extreme sadness, crying for no reason, leaning on a balcony, you name it, that was when i was much younger.
I sought help from counsellors.
Now thinking back, for a person to give up without seeking help first is just plain selfish.
Or even without trying to work through the problem, or even without attempting to brace through challenges.
School counsellors, friends, teachers, befrienders are there for you. One should take effort to speak to them.
That's the reason why I need to share this. From my experience, I have seen others out there who have suffered much more worst (those things that are truly beyond their control) than this 'academic pressure'. To chose suicide over academic pressure is just selfish.
Also, i have seen cases (on students) over the years who chose video games/entertainment over studies, then they complained they are depressed for not being able to score. In campus, you can see them not even attempting to help themselves.
Empathy? I have seen others who suffered worst and yet they brace through. Those kind of cases where if you listen to their entire story, tears can really drop from your own eyes because it's truly traumatic and beyond their control. And yet they brace through it.
This post has been edited by Blofeld: Apr 3 2022, 03:13 AM