Trigger and language warning: This piece overtly discusses concepts such as suicide, mental illness, depression, anxiety, triggers and a number of other potentially triggering concepts. It also occasionally uses coarse language. Please read cautiously.

We live in a fast-paced, results-driven world. Many of us are aware of this, yet we pass it off as something that just is, and not as a symptom of a gaping societal flaw. We wear our stress like badges of honour.