for the last time

something really sad happened today. a teaching assistant in the philo department committed suicide. less than an hour after i got to school, rumors already filled ateneo. i was quietly reading biochem inside the aegis room when someone told us about what happened. accdg to the person, the guy committed suicide, but died of natural causes, and burned himself to death. (anu daw?)

anyway, the point of this post is, since the news spread, i've been hearing lots of people say he must have been crazy or had some sort of mental illness. when i got home, my mom also assumed the same thing. but the thing is, you don't have to be "crazy" to commit suicide. that's why most people are surprised when someone they know does it. because even perfectly sane people are capable of killing themselves. you just need the right amount of motivation, for lack of a better term, and the means to do so.

i'm definitely not an expert on the topic but i believe it's really insensitive for people to instantly think he's crazy just because he committed suicide.