just came here to cry

Try battling severe depression...it's not something you can just turn on and off. Being an a$$hole is, though, so please find your off button. Thanks.

You have no idea what he went through or how he felt. The people who complain about the ones who felt compelled to take their own lives are the selfish ones.

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Part of me thinks the same thing. But I guess he couldn't help it, or he wouldn't have done it. It's just a shame his wife didn't go looking for him that night (she went to bed earlier). Not that it's her fault. Clearly she had no idea where his head was at.

I'm so sad. Such a loss for so many. He seemed to really a wonderful person.

Yes, I agree it's selfish for anyone to commit suicide. I know what you mean because they permanantly ended their issues, but family/friends/work have to deal with it. They say suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I just wonder what happened to make him go over the edge and commit to killing himself. And not just through substance abuse or OD, but to actually hang himself. Ugh. My heart just aches.


Interesting. You're afraid of insects and women. Ladybugs must render you catatonic.

I am really tired of people calling Robin Williams selfish and/or a coward. He was in a depression. A mental illness. He was in constant pain. IF a person with cancer in constant pain killed themselves people would not judge them. No one was walking in his shoes but him. And it was his life, if he chose to end it then so be it. Death awaits us all, he chose to go out on his own terms. Thank him for his many comedic gifts and then let him rest in peace. I prefer to think of suicide like Bill Maher whio said its a person's way of telling God " You can't fire me, I quit "

I understand your post, op. Ever since hearing the news I'm still in a bit of shock and sadness because his movies where such a huge part of my childhood.
The fact that this man was in so much pain that he felt this was the only way out, makes me realize that anyone can suffer with depression, and just because you may we surrounded by loved ones, doesn't mean you can't feel alone.
Being depressed makes one selfish because it's the very state of depression that makes it impossible to see beyond your own pain. I do know what that feels like.
But feeling depressed AND the pressure of the spotlight AND fighting addiction? I can't pretend to fathom what he was going through.

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