I find it
a sad day, today, remembering Robin Williams. What could have been done to reverse
this outcome....
Reading article after article and watching him laugh, watching his audience laugh... his manic and hilarious monologues where he captures the humor in everything he saw; an article where he sat with his daughter, Zelda, discussing her name, there was poignant meaning, the seriousness and the laughter.
He was the one person who could see inside of himself where sadness was hidden. The sadness I see today is for those who can't see where he reached inside to twist that sadness, time after time, into something that could make people laugh. His humor gave him away.
For those who think that suicide is a selfish act. Let me explain, selfishness has nothing to do with this act of taking your own life. There is a wall that goes up inside the brain that blocks out the world to a point where the pain is so great that the only way to relieve that pain is to stop it by taking that life away, yours.
It's not a pain that can be glossed over with "getting out in the sunshine, taking a pill, going to the movies, change of scenery", because you're stopped dead in your tracks when depression hits. As with manic depressive personalities, it's just what it indicates, one minute your mind is as free as a bird, the next it's kept in a cage. The medications, which varies with everyone, only works if the support mechanisms, doctors and therapists, loved ones, the systems around you are in force to help it work.
In conclusion, be aware of your friends and the people around you. Listen to them. Support them.
Reading article after article and watching him laugh, watching his audience laugh... his manic and hilarious monologues where he captures the humor in everything he saw; an article where he sat with his daughter, Zelda, discussing her name, there was poignant meaning, the seriousness and the laughter.
He was the one person who could see inside of himself where sadness was hidden. The sadness I see today is for those who can't see where he reached inside to twist that sadness, time after time, into something that could make people laugh. His humor gave him away.
For those who think that suicide is a selfish act. Let me explain, selfishness has nothing to do with this act of taking your own life. There is a wall that goes up inside the brain that blocks out the world to a point where the pain is so great that the only way to relieve that pain is to stop it by taking that life away, yours.
It's not a pain that can be glossed over with "getting out in the sunshine, taking a pill, going to the movies, change of scenery", because you're stopped dead in your tracks when depression hits. As with manic depressive personalities, it's just what it indicates, one minute your mind is as free as a bird, the next it's kept in a cage. The medications, which varies with everyone, only works if the support mechanisms, doctors and therapists, loved ones, the systems around you are in force to help it work.
In conclusion, be aware of your friends and the people around you. Listen to them. Support them.
