“Depression.
Depression is the single greatest curse afflicting our society today. The World Health Organization states: Depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. More than 300 million people are now living with depression, an increase of more than 18% between 2005 and 2015. Try to grasp the enormity of this problem in the following statistics from 2011:
› 1 million suicides every year. One death every 40 seconds or 3000 per day.
› For each individual who takes his/her own life, at least 20 attempt to do so. That is 60,000 per day.
› Worldwide, the suicide rate has gone up by 60% over the last five decades—mainly in industrialized nations.
› 60% of all suicides occur in Asia. China, India and Japan account for about 40% of all suicides, according to WHO.
What on earth is going on? What is so depressing about life that millions of people are choosing to die rather than face another day? …
To answer that question we need to go back to the beginning…”
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