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RIP Robin Williams

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This kinda sums it up for me.
 
Gameface said:
It was his life to do with as he saw fit.
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I don't disagree but with a wife and loved ones, I simply find it selfish. And this does not mean I don't feel sorry for the guy or terrible for his family. As others have pointed out, mental illness is a disease. I've had some God awful days where I feel at my wit's end, and question how to go on. To endure that every day for years must feel like an insidious cancer, corroding your every thought and soul.
 
ElRoach0 said:
Mental Health claims another.
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Famous/obsure, rich/poor, beautiful/ugly, young/old...as someone who has battled depression and seen others struggle with it, I can tell you it affects people across all demographics. I do think substance abuse played a part, but not in the way some would think. Having lapsed back into alcohol abuse, Mr. Williams likely felt a tremendous amount of guilt, failure and worthlessness over reverting back to something he had battled against for decades.

When tragedies like this occur, we are reminded that wealth, fame and popularity are never the "end all" for happiness and fulfillment. That has to come from other sources, something deeper.
 
Core4 said:
Famous/obsure, rich/poor, beautiful/ugly, young/old...as someone who has battled depression and seen others struggle with it, I can tell you it affects people across all demographics. I do think substance abuse played a part, but not in the way some would think. Having lapsed back into alcohol abuse, Mr. Williams likely felt a tremendous amount of guilt, failure and worthlessness over reverting back to something he had battled against for decades.

When tragedies like this occur, we are reminded that wealth, fame and popularity are never the "end all" for happiness and fulfillment. That has to come from other sources, something deeper.
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I can't like your post, or rep you out of sheer disgust... but yes. You are correct.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
I don't disagree but with a wife and loved ones, I simply find it selfish. And this does not mean I don't feel sorry for the guy or terrible for his family.
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I think there is an important distinction to be made here.

Game face said
It was his life to do with as he saw fit.
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You responded with
with a wife and loved ones, I simply find it selfish.
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I doubt you would find many people who disagree with you the person taking his life does it with motivation similar to what Gameface posted above. However, many who commit suicide honestly feel they are taking a burden from their loved ones, that their loved ones would be much better off without them. These are people who simply aren't thinking straight. If a person does it motivated by the thought that they are making the lives of those around them better, how can that possibly be a selfish act - at least in their mind? You and I might see it as selfish because we are not dealing with the same demons they are and we can think more rationally, but if you see things from their perspective, it simply wasn't selfish as they see it.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
I doubt you would find many people who disagree with you the person taking his life does it with motivation similar to what Gameface posted above. However, many who commit suicide honestly feel they are taking a burden from their loved ones, that their loved ones would be much better off without them. These are people who simply aren't thinking straight. If a person does it motivated by the thought that they are making the lives of those around them better, how can that possibly be a selfish act. You and I might see it as selfish because we are not dealing with the same demons they are and we can think more rationally, but if you see things from their perspective, it simply wasn't selfish as they see it.
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I don't disagree.
 
This death makes me think I knew he was deeply troubled in the details of his face all along, and at the same time I think how can this happen, especially to a person like him? I wasn't the biggest fan of him as a comedian, but I loved his enthusiasm, loved him as a person -which I cannot know truly of course but what he reflected himself on the screen.

When I was a kid, I saw a scene from the Fisher King in which he bowed down and looked ****ed up, but his face was smiling, his mouth's ends were on his ears actually. This image defined the concept "happiness" for me since then. Being able to feel the happiness out of any situation, even the most terrific ones. Peace and quiet does not always mean and are not necessarily required for happiness. Stuff like that. When I prayed at nights, as I prayed for happiness, the image of Robin Williams on his knees smiling came in front of my eyes. And that was how it has been since I was a kid.
 
Depression is not real. It is side effect of artificial preservatives and eating packaged food. You can tell this by looking at wars. Back in the day they did not feed soldiers MREs and boxed junk. In Korean War there is no PTSD or depression and they did stuff so much more nasty than in Iraq drones war.

Eating healthy with exercise will help you become mentally strong.
 
addictionary said:
Damn! I am living the fear of having the same problem inside my head right now. I thought I fixed myself, but maybe I never had. Maybe I will end up like him who knows? I am 32 years behind him.
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If you are serious go talk to someone right now, someone you trust. Tell them to just shut up and listen and lay it out there. Often it helps to just have a sounding board. Find a way to get it out to someone or it can get worse.
 
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