Just heard on the News. Robbin Williams is dead.

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This is so sad. What makes me mad is that people are already starting rumours about what his death was about. Like that he had debts and was unable to pay them.

I remember his Genie so fondly.

Heard about that last night, it is pretty sad....I probably have only seen a few movies with him, and maybe some of the stand up comedy stuff so wasn't really one of the actors I paid attention to a whole lot but he was certainly talented.

He gave so much to the world, I'm sorry he had to suffer.

there was a study done - i can't for the life of me remember where i read that article - but it indicated that those who are struggling with depression have a more realistic view of the world, especially when it comes to self-assessment. the depressed are more honest with themselves. that honesty coupled with an unbiased assessment of the human condition is what makes comedians so great.

I'm sorry, but I disagree with you. When I had been painfully depressed in my younger years, I magnified my own sense of worthlessness and had convinced myself that I was unlovable, even though neither idea was true. While the cynicism of depression doubtlessly added to his comic genius, Williams' self perception was far off kilter because of it.

I do agree with you. I suffer from depression. I think that's what makes me a realist rather than an idealist. I truly see things the way they really are. For example, I don't flatter myself. I at least try to see myself the way I really am. I mean, I'm not exactly good looking in any way, and I don't flatter myself that I'm a talented this or anything. There are many people out there who do a greater job and have more talent than I do.

I'm wondering if perhaps the people he worked with might like do something or speak in honor of his memory.

Such sad news

Sad news indeed.

I loved him as a kid and I still loved him now. My favorite movies of his include Good Morning Vietnam, Flubber, Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Jumanji. I also liked him in the recently canceled The Crazy Ones, as well as a Snickers commercial a while back.

May he rest in peace.

May Robin Williams RIP!

I was a big fan of his when I was younger, and One Hour Photo is my favorite movie that he was in.

I don't think there's any other celebrity, or any other person for that matter, where I've watched them and just had such a profound impression of how truly, deeply talented they are. A one of a kind talent. His passing makes me incredibly sad.

Mr. Williams, I hope whatever demons haunted you have been banished, so that you can have your well-deserved peaceful rest.

This is a terrible loss. He gave a lot to our world. He was our clown. It's so sad that he suffered so much inside. The pain his family must be in right now is unimaginable. A light has gone out in their world especially. So very sad.

I keep bursting into tears tonight. I don't know why I'm taking this so hard but it's really hitting me hard.

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Its always sad when a great clown dies. They're like a favorite Uncle who tells us jokes and just loves to see us laugh.

I find it tough to understand that somebody like him had nobody he could vent with.

He probably did. But the emotions that can lead to suicide tend to arrive like a flash flood, so overwhelming that there is no room for any rational thought process, the whole self is swamped and overwhelmed, and the emotions are so intense and entire that the self becomes totally focused on making them end. Suicide is not about wanting death in these tragedies, but about wanting that pain to end when it has become unbearable. Suicide can then become a spur of the moment decision and act. The method suggests that it was like this for him, there is no evidence of any advance planning, at least that I am aware of. He probably just wanted the pain to end

And we all know why people in that degree of pain don't reach out - because of the judgments people so readily make: you are weak, you are cowardly, you lack moral backbone, you just want attention, you are a drama queen, other people have it much worse than you, you are selfish, you are ungrateful, you have so much to live for you should....

Until society is willing to engage in honest and non-jugmental dialogue about suicide instead of judging and blaming the victim, these absolute tragedies will continue. Western first world cultures are incredibly immature and hypocritical in this respect. And no cultural leadership for change is coming from the "suicide industry" - all the counselers, researchers, mental health professionals, crisis teams, "experts", doctors, psychiatrists. There are vested interests here, I am sad to say, which are quite happy for the status quo to continue as it has always done.

Robin Williams' death is absolutely tragic, though ultimately he was a very brave man, who lived on and off with appalling suffering for decaded which he must have experienced in the isolation of a very lonely place. He tried to numb the pain with alcohol and cocaine.
No doubt he was negatively and moralistically judged for that, too.

I was very close to a very successful man and talented man who committed suicide, many years ago. Perhaps closer to him than anyone else. And his mother asked me, "Whose fault was this?" I answered: "You want to know who killed him really? We all did, every one of us". Like Robin Williams, the burden of manic depression and alcoholism became too much and too hard for him to bear anymore, and we didn't want to acknowledge the degree of pain he was in - not even those of us who loved him the most.

he had fresh wounds on his arms also, which suggests that he tried to relieve his pain one way before the other way.

Interesting article from Cracked.

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/robi ... hemselves/

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