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A normal person doesn't do this. Sometimes things don't happen the way you think they would. He might have been pretty smart, but I believe when he got to USC, he wasn't the smartest kid in class anymore. JMO.
He graduated in the top 10 percent of his class. His family, friends, etc probably had high expectations of him. Somewhere along the way something went wrong for him to end up working at Wing Stop and Jimmy John's. That was probably viewed as a huge step down or failure possibly by his family. BTW, I am not making a judgement on anyone that works at a fast food chain. I am just saying that could be how he felt or his family felt about him.
"The CDC released a report about suicide trends concerning overachievers. Many of these overachievers are high-functioning, yet when they find themselves in desperate circumstances, they don’t tend to seek help, because they may feel the risks to their reputations are too great. They are still able to perform, and so they just keep going.
According to a
Business Insider analysis of data from The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, marine engineers, physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and finance workers are the most likely to commit suicide at work.
These people will be vastly different in their backgrounds, and the circumstances that led to their suicides, but I see that they have one thing in common. Workers in these occupations tend to be perfectionists since these are the skills the jobs require.
But overachievers working in these professions are also the least likely to seek help. As professionals that others trust and rely on for services, the stigma of mental illness takes on greater significance for them.
And for overachievers, reaching out for help looks like failure, which is something overachievers cannot accept. They would rather push themselves to work harder to overcome their weakness, which unfortunately would exacerbate their mental health problems."