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Let's be each other’s keeper

News that a local DJ committed suicide broke last Tuesday leaving many who knew the young man shocked. It seems like it was only after the fact that people realised the young man might have been going through a lot.

Sadly, that is usually the trend. In most suicide cases, the person would have shown signs, but it seems we have become so preoccupied to take notice of behavioural changes in our friends, family, and even close associates. We often talk about being each other’s support system, but sadly, most of the time it is 'just talk' and no action.

The young DJ had been sharing his feelings on social media and most likely many dismissed the posts and sadly that is just how it goes. Life nowadays is hard and it keeps getting harder.

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