We can never ever imagine the darkness that someone must be experiencing to actually see suicide as the only way out of their agony, so so very sad!
Anthony Bourdain is yet another victim of depression, another wonderfully talented and special person gone!
You are so very right, suppressing our real feelings from a young age is extremely detrimental to our mental health.
When I was faced with my brother's suicide, it was a subject that got swept under the carpet, we all pretended we were ok but we certainly were not! Depression hit me a couple of years later and I still say, give me a physical illness any day but spare me the agony of that misunderstood mental illness that no one wants to talk about!
I totally agree with your statement

Words left unsaid can be life’s greatest regret.

Be kind to one another while we can!
And if anyone is experiencing this illness, talk to someone, there is help even if it does not seem possible to feel normal again!
Beautifully written Eric!