It has been about a week since the news broke out about SHINee's lead singer; Jonghyun committing suicide in his apartment.





Honestly, when the news came out, I was in shock. I know that death is something that happens often, and suicide well it is a method that is often taken. But I never did would expect a young kpop star to take his own life.





What really struck me hard was that he was suffering from depression when he took his own life. I know that as a Christian I cannot accept the fact that he took his own life; however I recognise that he must have somehow felt that there was no way out of whatever he was going through. Depression is a mental problem; it is like being caught in an endless cycle of sadness, hopelessness and pain. What I was most sadden by was that; did he have no one that he could have turned to during this period of pain. What caused him to eventually take that last fatal step of ending his own life.





People would question and said he should have fought harder to live. But when you are caught in that pit of darkness; it is difficult. I am not excusing his action, but I do realise that when you are in such an entertainment industry taking about your problems or telling the world about it; is difficult.





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"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson