The sun shone brightly and proudly in NY Friday, but the mood, in many circles, felt gray. Darker than gray, actually. People woke up to the news that the second high profile celeb killed themself this week. Anthony Bourdain, the badass ex chef who exploded in his 40s to become a certified celeb, an icon of individualism, of empathic adventuring, ended his own life, on the heels of fashion champion Kate Spade, who took her own life, via hanging earlier in the week.

You saw more adults with faraway looks in their eyes, their minds wandering as they pondered the difficult queries. Why did Bourdain, age 61, with an 11 year old daughter, do it?

Why did Spade, whose daughter is 13, do it? They SEEMED to be so successful…

But you know about books, and covers.

Inside the fight game sphere, many folks without much knowledge of mental health issues, like bipolar disorder, and how sufferers can be laid low, to the point that they consider maybe ending the fight is the better choice, have been educated recently.

The Showtime documentary on Mauro Ranallo debuted a couple weeks ago, and in that effort, Sho blow by blow man Ranallo revealed he’s battled suicidal ideation for decades. His strength of character allowed people who’d been silently suffering to be bolder, to allow themselves to admit they hurt inside, too.

Some other fight folks have marched alongside Ranallo, and even prouder on Friday, when news of Bourdains’ decision spread.

Brooklyn fighter Heather Hardy took to social media to try and reach out to those suffering in silence. She courageously put her ego aside, and told the world that she’s a fighter, yes, but has regular Jane feelings. Fears, doubts, insecurities, you can’t always punch them away. Depression can be the most ruthless of foes. Check out this post by Hardy on her Twitter account Friday:

Props to Hardy, on this day, for she may well have saved a life or two, speaking to someone who needed that message, at that time, to help climb out of a pit of despair.