The world being harsh is true. And I agree that modern western society seems to simply expect bad things not to happen. Whether it is bullying, other human-human violence or "business can't be let fail". A simple look at the animal kingdom tells you this is not a sane "expectation".

In this instance, I wasn't planning to censor the story out of existence. Just perhaps wait a bit longer than the other stories would require.

Interesting theory on the mental illness. I won't entirely subscribe to it as I think there are a wide variety of illnesses with a wide variety of causes. Whether this is the "likely source of a lot" remains to be proven I think.