Robin Williams Dead In Apparent Suicide

He was a legend. It's sad.

 

he was a great actor, one that could play a variety of roles extrememly well

I wonder what would drive him to commit suicide? Surely not money, i'm sure he had plenty of that...

 

Maybe because he tried so hard to make us all laugh


Hotwater

 

It kind of goes to show....it's easy to make assumptions about people. Why would he do that? Or....if he only would have done this...or whatever. But the fact is, we don't know what his life was like when he looked at himself in the mirror in the morning. We only know what others are willing to show us. I have a phrase I try to keep in mind....never compare your behind-the-scenes footage to someone else's highlight reel. We mostly only know what his highlight reel looked like. He surely had is own behind-the-scene footage.

 

Exactly right.

 

Bummer, sad news - R.I.P.

 

it seems you are making assumptions about his life and what he should have done based on a superficial understanding of him and what motivates someone to commit suicide

 

It was said on TV that he had been battling severe depression. I've seen him on David Letterman a number of times, the last time wasn't that long ago. He was quite open about being "sober" and said staying clean was a never ending battle.

Sometimes I think people self-medicate themselves and wind up being addicts...and that rather than make such a HUGE freakin deal about a person being completely clean, what would be so wrong with determining a dose of anti-depressants OR WEED? If it is known a person battles depression or whatever, I've never understood why (according to rehab places, psychologists, and similar) they are made to feel by everybody they should never, ever take a thing to help them.

sorry...I just had to get that out...I wish Robin could have found something that would have helped with his depression.

What a funny and talented man he was.

RIP Robin.

 

I met the man, lived around the corner from him for a while, good guy!

 

Very sad. He was in rehab just this summer. And I agree w lynn.. neways wish he would have talked to the right person beforehand. Rip rw.

 

exactly, the reason many people try substances is because they are looking for happiness, when they take the substance some of the pain goes away .. no one wants to become a drug addict. if you showed that same person true happiness, allowed them to have the happiness in life that some people get for free, they would probably put those drugs right down.

 

I always liked him. Rip

 

That is some sorry ass comment.

 

This is sad news. Robin was incredibly talented. Robin will be missed. RIP

 

Going by his stand up in particular, the guys brain was just on constant overdrive, cant think of a single comedian that could ad lib that fast

He suffered with severe depression for decades, define depression in his case. That he could never really relate to anyone. We all found him entertaining, but to live with him 24/7 would be very draining. That his brain was always working in 5th gear, he himself got bored too easily.

And he was 63, he might have been recently diagnosed with some soon to be terminal disease only him and his doctor knew about, or he might just have been feeling the effects on his body not keeping up but his mind still buzzing

Guy was wired differently to everyone else, which is how he ended up being one of the worlds biggest comedians, to end this way was sadly probably inevitable, its not like we are all that surprised


He was my all time favourite comedian nobody could deliver and switch as fast as he could

Although this is what I remember the most:

http://youtu.be/WCpTAJDhb5U

 

63 is a nice age. I think RIP is an even more fitting thing to say for people who were depressed before their death. I'm sure he will rest in peace

 

Thank you boys
thank you

 

If he would have eaten grassfed butter instead of margarine he would probably be alive and laughing.

 

I dont think its always fair to label suicide as selfish. Depression is a giant pit of loneliness and its easy to get lost in that despair, to forget people love you. Especially when most people are attracted to happiness and may even avoid people in their lives who don't always radiate positivity.

when I went through a long depression several years ago it was very hard for me to reach out to others and when I finally did they brushed me off like it was no big deal. I know they would have been devastated if I killed myself but it doesn't mean they were equipped to hold my hand and walk me out of my depression.

it can be easy when depressed to forget how much people care about you and sometimes those who care about you also don't realize how serious the situation is or they grow tired of being around constant negativity which only compounds the feeling of loneliness.