Well, I would say that's one of the clear defining definitions of mental illness.
Lack of desire to survive.
Yeah, we'll just have to disagree on that.
Emotional breakdowns cause suicide too, and they do not necessarily entail mental illness.
I do think there was more going on with this boy, whether at home, in his head or there -was- actually severe bullying that just isn't immediately visible to anyone. That happens too.
I don't think kids need to be compared to Holocaust survivors.. everything's relative. My family members raised in the depression era/war eras went through tons of terrible stuff - some toughed it out, some didn't.
idk, I think kids are babied too much these days, sometimes. other times, I think we ought to throw out all the electronic doodads and make em all go outside, for the love of mike. play cops and robber the healthy, non-PC, interpersonal way rather than stuck on shoot-em-up games that are just foully sexist, racist and violent.
But no matter, I don't think this little boy was failing to cope with whatever made him that desperate because he wasn't 'tough'...
