On the afternoon of October 14, according to Korean media reports, South Korean artist Choi Shirley was found hanging today at her home in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, and the police are currently investigating the cause and confirming whether there is a suicide note, which shocked the Network for a time, and the server of a social platform is also in a state of collapse.
Regarding the reason for Cui Shirley's suicide, netizens have many speculations, and the general public agrees that it is because of depression. It is understood that Shirley suffered from severe depression before her death, and Shirley often posted some incomprehensible pictures on her social platform. In one of the photos, a netizen found a scar left by Shirley's self-harm.
In the Korean entertainment industry, artist suicide does not seem to be a rare thing, and the suicide of a more influential artist before Shirley was a member of a boy band, Kim Jong-hyun. In 2017, Kim Jong-hyun was found burning charcoal in his apartment and committed suicide, and kim Jong-hyun,born in 1990, was forever left at the age of twenty-seven.
The reason for Kim Jong-hyun's suicide is also because of depression, he revealed in his suicide note that his depression has reached a very serious level, and he will always give himself great pressure in his own creations, afraid that his works will not satisfy fans. Although I thought about trying to overcome my illness, I still failed and chose to leave in this way.
The suicide of artists is not uncommon in South Korea more than a decade ago, in 2004, the famous Korean actress Choi Zhen committed suicide, before which she had suffered a series of blows, the suicide of her friends and involved in vicious rumors, making her physical and mental state extremely bad, and finally committed suicide.
In addition to these artists, Kim Ji-ho, Jeong Do-bin, Jang Zi-yeon, Ahn Jae-hwan, etc. also died of suicide, and almost everyone had depression of greater or lesser magnitude before their deaths.
No matter which industry will have a lot of pressure, be sure to self-regulate, do not let depression eat our lives.