10/09/2026
๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ l ๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ก ๐ช๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐'๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐?
ษขษชแด แด สแดแดส๊ฑแดส๊ฐ ษขสแดแดแด.
แดแดแดแดกแดแดษด แดแด แดษดษข ๊ฑแดสษชสษช แดแด, แดษดแดแด.
There's a strange cruelty in the way we speak about our own pain. We carry it within ourselves, giving it a name, and labelling it, until we start identifying ourselves with struggles. When pain becomes our identity? Hope feels like something that belongs exclusively to others
"๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ. ๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐๐ . ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐.
When these thoughts are repeated and said often, they begin to sound less like a description of a problem, and more of a "truth" that we live by. We have to recognize that we are the patient and physician in our own lives. We supply ourselves with the very same medicine that makes us sick. Sometimes we feel sick in regards to certain parts of ourselves and thus allowing that to be the whole of our being.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Prevention should not begin only when a person reaches a crisis. It should start much earlierโin the moments when a person feels their problems are too minor to discuss when they believe they have to suffer in silence, or when they feel their problems are too insignificant compared to others, because pain is not a competition and it shows no favoritism in whom it strikes
A person does not have to be visibly falling apart to be allowed to say, "๐ ๐๐ข ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐".
A student who cannot concentrate because of quiet dread, a parent who feels constantly exhausted but tells themselves everyone else is managing, a young professional who smiles at work while feeling hollowโthese are the moments that rarely make headlines yet still deserve attention. This is important because su***de is a serious public-health concern that requires prevention at multiple levels, an issue that requires more actions, more focus and attention. Not just through online posts and campaigns, but through proper facilities and
better hotline emergencies.
On a recent research done by World Health Organisation. More than 720,000 people die due to su***de every year and is the third leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds. For every person who dies by su***de, 20 others who tries attempt it, and a previous attempt is one of the strongest known risk factors for future death (WHO,
2026). In Metro Manila alone, the National Capital Region Police Office recorded 111 su***de cases from January 1st to March 23rd, 2026. More than the three times number recorded in the same period in 2025 (Philstar, 2026). Behind every number and statistic shown is a person who may once have told themselves they were beyond repair.
"๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ค ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค ๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐?"
Acknowledging pain does not mean surrendering. Seeking professional help does not mean being weak. In fact, it is one of the strongest action a person can do. To sit, talk and be vulnerable, and let yourself feel and grieve. Because healing is not linear. It does not start with becoming perfect or suddenly "fixed". It begins when we stop treating our pain as a permanent character. Afterall, we're not going to get healthier by thinking we are a burden. We have to recognize that our constant degradation of self can't take place at the same time with moving forward and creation.
๐๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐'๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ค?
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐:
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ "๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ", ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ "๐ ๐๐ข ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐".
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ "๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐", ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ "๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ".
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ "๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐๐?", ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ค "๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ?"
๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ. ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐
๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐.
๐๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ค, ๐๐ฃ๐๐
ษช๊ฐ สแดแด แดส ๊ฑแดแดแดแดษดแด สแดแด แดษดแดแดก ษช๊ฑ ๊ฑแดสแดษขษขสษชษดษข, สแดสแด ษช๊ฑ แดแด แดษชสแดสสแด!
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โ๏ธ: Samantha Dulce Calabria
๐ผ๏ธ:Ralph Caroscos
References:
Bryant, E. (2025). Profound pondering: A guide to guiding yourself (Vol. 1).Profound Pondering LLC.The Philippine Star. (2026, March 27).
Editorial โ Su***des on the rise. https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2026/03/27/2517090/editorial-su***des-riseCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. (2026, May 26).Risk andprotective factorss for su***de. https://www.cdc.gov/su***de/risk-factors/index.htmlWorld
Health Organization. (2026, August 28). Su***de. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/su***de
