RIP Robin Williams

[Teal]

There is never a good reason, because...suicide is unreasonable. I LOVED Robin Williams. As an actor. As a guy who never seemed to buy into the 'Hollywood elite' nonsense, and who would hang out with darn near anyone. He was believable. His inner turmoil, ironically, likely made him so. But in those quiet moments, when the unreasonable and nonsensical voices of depression are at their loudest, it is absolutely impossible to make a decision that stands up to any kind of scrutiny, logic, or reason.

Suicide is reaction. Life is proactive. It must be chosen when all the voices and lenses are screaming the opposite at you.

Robin didn't, this time. Likely he did, many, many times before that we did not see.

But you only get to be reactionary with such an act once. Unless you are lucky.

So I get it. I get it all. But there's just no 'good' reason.

[JackB1]

I don't really disagree with any of that. I am just asking that people try and look at it from a perspective other than their own rational one. Williams had a dangerous mix of addiction, depression, health problems and was an aging male who is no longer the huge success he once was. Suicide is indeed a reaction, but it's an impulsive one when that person sinks to new lows and cannot see a way out.
He could have been too proud to seek help or face all his recent shortcomings. Williams also just recently came out of rehab and that often leads to feeing overwhelmed by the outside world once you leave the "protected" environment of rehab. There are a lot of factors at play and it's just not as simple or cut and dry as it may look to the rest of the world. William's suicide actually fits into a classic high risk profile group of an aging, once successful white male, with health issues, addiction problems, depression and who sees himself as a shell of the man he once was. It's all very sad.