Robin Williams committed suicide at 63

[GoSooners]

It's kind of weird that he gave up at this point in his life...

 

[carlspackler]

He committed career suicide..

Well yes, once you end your life your career is pretty much over.

 

[pocketrockets]

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

Man, I feel a lot of respect for u after this post, you are not alone, keep on walking the big walk. HOWEVER, you got better, I'm glad, we all are different, suicide is a "self hurt" crime, easy to judge, hard to face

 

[KingofNicotine]

He was hilarious but I kinda grew tired of his schtick recently. All that energy and doing different voices constantly.

He was great though for most of his career. At least he went out on his own terms.

 

[Shub]

Well yes, once you end your life your career is pretty much over.

Im pretty sure he was talking about tony Stewart

 

[akphidelt]

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

It's very easy to kill yourself and very selfish. Fighting depression and addiction is much harder than killing yourself.

 

[8ate]

we all have our "Big Ace" to play.. Spiritual Pain is much worse than physical pain...

 

[Ricboff]

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.

hmm, fry to death or jump to your death, or bloody hell wait on divine intervention? ....decisions , decisions......

 

[TheFalls]

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

Ill take that back. Job well done? Took courage to finally go through with it?

Never had a need to express my opinion on this subject, but a guy like this is in the last guy category to have an end result like this.

 

[festeringZit]

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.

Of course we are designed.

 

[pocketrockets]

Ill take that back. Job well done? Took courage to finally go through with it?

Never had a need to express my opinion on this subject, but a guy like this is in the last guy category to have an end result like this.

Man, you can have your philosophy of life to frown upon suicide, but even if you would never kill yourself, to judge a man's decision to kill himself as stupid or worthless is not humane. If anything is a tragedy, not a sin. Truth is money or fame are nothing like hapiness, makes your business easier, not your soul or personal affairs.

 

[Bourn]

It's very easy to kill yourself and very selfish. Fighting depression and addiction is much harder than killing yourself.

Its not easy to kill yourself. Anyone who thinks it is has never seriously contemplated it. You have no idea what your talking about.

 

[akphidelt]

Its not easy to kill yourself. Anyone who thinks it is has never seriously contemplated it. You have no idea what your talking about.

It's very easy to kill yourself. Much harder to not if you have depression. That's why they kill themselves. I have much more of an idea than you.

 

[ZJP6050]

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.

lol come on…you don't think people numb orthopedic or visceral pain with pills, booze, MJ, etc? a large population of people do.

 

[Bourn]

It's very easy to kill yourself. Much harder to not if you have depression. That's why they kill themselves. I have much more of an idea than you.

Im not going to argue with you. I've seen all I need to see on here in that regard and how that turns out. Have a good night.

 

[pocketrockets]

It's very easy to kill yourself. Much harder to not if you have depression. That's why they kill themselves. I have much more of an idea than you.

you are seriously ignorant when it comes to that subject

 

[StevieRay]

It's sad. No one knows until they feel like they r rock bottom. What ever it is , bi polar , depression, Etc. trying to figure it out from ur own life experience or someone else's is not even a starting point. Some fight demons better than others. Some hide it and go thru life strong as an Ox but at times weak as any thing in the world. I have dealt and counseled people like this that no matter what training I had or real life situations as them we will never understand what they felt. And if we did we would be more understanding, consoling , sad, and In deep thought about our own lives. RIP Robin Williams. We knew u as entertaining us, but really didnt know u at all

 

[ZJP6050]

depression is debilitating, it is a disease. those who know nothing about it from an empathetic standpoint or a psychological/personal standpoint shouldn't bother making a judgment about it.

 

[bigtendominator]

It's very easy to kill yourself. Much harder to not if you have depression. That's why they kill themselves. I have much more of an idea than you.

Bourn, is ex-military if I recall correctly. I am going to wager heavily in favor of Bourn on this one. Similar to how you told us Sterlings lawyers would advise him to drop the case, right?

 

[bigtendominator]

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.

One of the best posts on this website in a while.