Robin Williams committed suicide at 63

[Illini]

Don't have to know a thing about what he was going through.
We were not designed to kill ourselves.
Not going to get into a debate here either. Because there isn't one.

And the heart reference is terrible.
A failing physical organ that runs it's own can't be compared to a choice that was made.
An apple and an orange.

The problem is that you are viewing his cirumstances through your own lens, and can't possibly know what it felt like to live in his shoes and be in his reality. Have you ever contemplated suicide? If you have, have you had to say no to suicide everyday for 30 years? Doubt it. Most of the time, suicide is a long drawn out battle and it gets someone in a weak moment. It is the ultimate form of desperation. Suicide isn't selfish, the self does not gain anything by it......it's the end of self.

It also doesn't define someone's life, as if dying by suicide negates everything a person was and did during their lifetime. RIP Robin.

 

[joebatters]

Man...sad. He was very talented.

 

[shdw01]

had lots of great years of entertaining left

 

[Willie99]

RIP Robin Williams. I loved this guy, from mork and mindy to stand up to the birdcage, so damn funny

Evidently didn't know how loved and appreciated he was

Sad to hear of his passing

 

[PatsFan1283]

The problem is that you are viewing his cirumstances through your own lens, and can't possibly know what it felt like to live in his shoes and be in his reality. Have you ever contemplated suicide? If you have, have you had to say no to suicide everyday for 30 years? Doubt it. Most of the time, suicide is a long drawn out battle and it gets someone in a weak moment. It is the ultimate form of desperation. Suicide isn't selfish, the self does not gain anything by it......it's the end of self.

It also doesn't define someone's life, as if dying by suicide negates everything a person was and did during their lifetime. RIP Robin.

good post, just felt like he could've done more but I guess when you are swimming in addiction and depression then the abundance of resources at your disposal don't mean much.

 

[TheComputerGroup]

RIP........Robin Williams


"Good Will Hunting"

"Good Morning Vietnam"

"Dead Poets Society"


3 movies he was in that I really liked........

 

[Willie99]

RIP Robin Williams. I loved this guy, from mork and mindy to stand up to the birdcage, so damn funny

Evidently didn't know how loved and appreciated he was

Sad to hear of his passing

Good morning Vietnam an all time favorite

 

[TheFalls]

The problem is that you are viewing his cirumstances through your own lens, and can't possibly know what it felt like to live in his shoes and be in his reality. Have you ever contemplated suicide? If you have, have you had to say no to suicide everyday for 30 years? Doubt it. Most of the time, suicide is a long drawn out battle and it gets someone in a weak moment. It is the ultimate form of desperation. Suicide isn't selfish, the self does not gain anything by it......it's the end of self.

It also doesn't define someone's life, as if dying by suicide negates everything a person was and did during their lifetime. RIP Robin.

If suicide isn't selfish-what is it? Unselfish? To the people that loved or depended on him. Or the lives he could have been positively influenced?
This is no doubt a sad story-and you have to feel for everyone else that is thus immediately affected by this unselfish(?) act.

I don't have to pretend to walk in his shoes to know that you reap what you sew and the point he was at was a culmination of all the previous choices he had made in life. Good and bad.

 

[shdw01]

Was it suicide?

 

[shdw01]

I enjoyed patch Adams and awakenings

 

[GoSooners]

Here he is on the Inside the Actors Studio show. This shows how absolutely brilliant Williams was at off the cuff comedy. There was no one better at it imo..

https://www.cloudy.ec/v/f5c7091004bcc

 

[carlspackler]

Well Tony Stewart is breathing a sigh of relief today.

 

[GoSooners]

Well Tony Stewart is breathing a sigh of relief today.

He committed career suicide..

 

[wolfie_cr]

Don't have to know a thing about what he was going through.
We were not designed to kill ourselves.
Not going to get into a debate here either. Because there isn't one.

And the heart reference is terrible.
A failing physical organ that runs it's own can't be compared to a choice that was made.
An apple and an orange.

we are not designed,period (but thats a different discussion)

at any rate things go bad , we are also not 'supposed' to get cancer but we do or die from any of the million genetic diseases that exist, this is the same thing.

the brain is a computer and it needs a delicate chemical balance to work properly, you seem to think you can control everything that goes through your brain and the simple fact is , you cant, given the proper conditions you will no longer be able to think as clearly as you think you can and bang.

there is not so much a 'choice' when your CPU is not operating normally but has a computer virus in it causing all sorts of crashes.

 

[EzMoney012]

Sad day...

 

[Shub]

how could i forget aladdin

 

[thekeyman]

Don't have to know a thing about what he was going through.
We were not designed to kill ourselves.
Not going to get into a debate here either. Because there isn't one.

And the heart reference is terrible.
A failing physical organ that runs it's own can't be compared to a choice that was made.
An apple and an orange.

i agree with what you said about comparing the two as i had a major heart attack years ago and have 3 stents in my arterieswhich 2 of them are your main arteries, and also agree that it is a selfish act to commit suicide.i have suffered from depression and ptsd for several years now and i also have been clean and sober for 17 years now.


to take your own life is terrible as you create more problems for the people you left behind,it's just not fair to them and its a cowards way out(i know ill get backlash from that)because there is treatment centers for all disorders of that kind.i go to my doctors office to see my therapist every 2 weeks and see the psych.doctor every 6 weeks and they go through a discussion about my meds on a constant basis.

have i ever wanted to kill myself?-NO,..have i ever wished i was dead?-YES,but they are two different senerios and i have came so far with my recovery which i am very proud of and i hope someday to get relief from some of this depression and live a happier life.

i take a lot of shit on here and of course i cause my own problems at times,but not everytime and the only thing i would ever hope for from this forum is for the people to let up and understand that im going through a tough life for many years and its not fun.i also get treated for memory loss which was due to the heart attack,so to wake up every morning is a gamble in it self(no pun intended)and to try and figure out what is going to bother me that day.

i don't expect anything to be different on here for me cause i know a lot of you are just ruthless and i see it towards other people also but its about time i cleared the air with myself and you people here on the RX.i feel for the family of robin williams and hope this don't cause them too much grief

 

[TheFalls]

we are not designed,period (but thats a different discussion)

at any rate things go bad , we are also not 'supposed' to get cancer but we do or die from any of the million genetic diseases that exist, this is the same thing.

the brain is a computer and it needs a delicate chemical balance to work properly, you seem to think you can control everything that goes through your brain and the simple fact is , you cant, given the proper conditions you will no longer be able to think as clearly as you think you can and bang.

there is not so much a 'choice' when your CPU is not operating normally but has a computer virus in it causing all sorts of crashes.

We can agree to disagree on the design aspect.
But I think we are built to overcome obstacles.
It's been happening for centuries.
That's life.
It just makes sense to me if you have a dysfunctional leg, arm, heart, brain, CPU, etc...you take steps to repair these things.
You don't numb or avoid or pull the plug.

 

[pocketrockets]

sad, but...
weak.
the easy way out.
that's not the plan.

Shut up you self righteous prick, killing yourself is not as easy as squares think. Disrespectful, as usual.

 

[Illini]

If suicide isn't selfish-what is it? Unselfish? To the people that loved or depended on him. Or the lives he could have been positively influenced?
This is no doubt a sad story-and you have to feel for everyone else that is thus immediately affected by this unselfish(?) act.

I don't have to pretend to walk in his shoes to know that you reap what you sew and the point he was at was a culmination of all the previous choices he had made in life. Good and bad.

Some people suffer a lot more than others in this life. Many times, it has nothing to do with choices made, and is instead just a tough hand that was dealt. Suicide is sad, but I wouldn't refer to it as selfish. That is very offensive and judgmental. It hurts a lot of people, but none more than the person that was so desperate that they felt like the only way out was to take their own life.

Were the people that jumped off the top of the World Trade Center selfish? No, they were just desperate.