Thoughts on why so troubling....
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Of course, everyone remarks about the joy and inspiration this singular man brought upon people, but it seems to me, part of why his suicide is so troubling is when people see a person like Robin Williams and his suicide, they focus on how successful, talented, beloved, comfortable, wealthy he was and how he seemingly was living the perfect life, then realize, if this terribly nasty mental health disease could hit him, it could hit anyone, even me. Like so many people have said, there is nothing shameful about a person having a mental illness and treatment and help for these illnesses should be as acceptable as those of things like broken limbs and without embarrassment.Lastly, though it probably does little to lesson the pain of those closest to him, one could ask, when thinking of this man, what does one recall the most frequent and to me that would be, laughter.
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Of course, everyone remarks about the joy and inspiration this singular man brought upon people, but it seems to me, part of why his suicide is so troubling is when people see a person like Robin Williams and his suicide, they focus on how successful, talented, beloved, comfortable, wealthy he was and how he seemingly was living the perfect life, then realize, if this terribly nasty mental health disease could hit him, it could hit anyone, even me. Like so many people have said, there is nothing shameful about a person having a mental illness and treatment and help for these illnesses should be as acceptable as those of things like broken limbs and without embarrassment.Lastly, though it probably does little to lesson the pain of those closest to him, one could ask, when thinking of this man, what does one recall the most frequent and to me that would be, laughter.
