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Final Exams Stress

I currently sitting in a building on campus studying for my last final exam on April 24th for Biochemistry. For some reason, as happy as I am to get it over with, I cannot help but think about one thing. About a month ago there was a suicide in the building where I am sitting in right now. All I can think is what if it happened due to school pressure? Would the person have been fine if he/she had gotten to this date right now and finished all his/her exams? Would the person not have done it if he/she was able to actually talk to an mental health adviser? I think this because I have heard online and from others that it takes a ridiculously long time, a couple of months, to see an adviser at the Health and Wellness Centre here at U of T because they are short-staffed - which is a ridiculous excuse. Furthermore, apparently they are not very helpful and extremely rude. I do not know why, but sitting here thinking back to the incident, it makes me wonder how important my schooling really