I hate how absolutely fucking regressive people are about suicide. It’s always about them, which is probably why so many go on and on suffering through their pain for so incredibly long, than the person who was in unimaginable agony, to the point that they take their own goddam life. Jesus. I hope that sick fucking prick chokes on how much hatred he gets sent his way over this.
I guess I’m in the minority in that I didn’t like Mrs. Doubtfire. But BBC says Williams was set to start filming a sequel soon.
He paid $30 million in settlements to his two ex-wives. That doesn’t necessarily have to mean alimony, which I didn’t mention.
I just read this quote from his daughter Zelda Williams. It made me laugh.
With the talk about depression, I can’t help wondering about Lance Armstrong. Williams was a huge cycling nut and a big fan of Lance Armstrong. He followed the Tour De France several times, and was basically a celebrity member of Armstrong’s teams. He had the full team kit - bike, clothes, the lot - and not the store versions, either. He also MC-ed quite a few of Armstrong’s public shows - charity auctions etc.
With the Armstrong drug relevations, maybe that was another straw on the camel’s back.
In an interview with Parade Magazine, Williams admitted to feeling let down by Armstrong.
According to this article, he thought he was facing bankruptcy. Whether he was or not, it shows his frame of mind. It’s so sad to think what he might have been going through.
My heart broke. I, too, was never a fan of the “Robin Williams hyper comedy”. But after seeing him in Moscow on the Hudson, I followed his dramatic movies religiously. He was very good.
I knew that he had substance abuse issues in the past and that those would come up and bite his ass (I, too, was sober for 20+ years and fell off the wagon) but I just assumed that he had the resources to help him.
I have, that I can recall, never cried over a celebrity’s death but this one left me sobbing. I know and have lived the battle that Mr. Williams went through, and I, too, have had days where I thought “this is it…I’m done”. The ONLY reason that I haven’t ended my pain is that I know that my parents (who have been a tremendous support to me) would be devastated. Sometimes that is all that depressives can hold on to.
I’m so very sorry that Mr. Williams was in so very much pain that he could not face another day.
You were a brilliant comedian, a superb dramatic actor and by all counts a loving, caring human being. We should all hope to leave the legacy that you did, even though you chose to end it too soon for us.
What I don’t understand is the following : I get the man felt depressed. But as a world famous rich man, he could have (and possibly had) a cliffside house in the best part of the country! He could have had a pair of attractive 20 something women cuddling with him basically all day and fulfilling his every desire! He could have partaken of the best legal and illegal drugs around.
It’s easy to see how a person in a slum might hang themselves. Maybe a person with a criminal record and no prospects, recently diagnosed with a terminal illness. That you can understand. But Mr. Williams, as far as I know, suffered none that.
What gives?
Well, you might go ahead and read the whole thread, where people have answered this questions multiple times over. However, in case you don’t have time, I’ll summarize. Clinical depression of the sort Robin Williams suffered from is not a reaction to life events or circumstances. It is a brain disorder in which, despite being able to live a comfortable life, he still felt despair. It doesn’t matter how good things are, when you have depression the illness, you still feel bad. Really bad. All the time. It is the state of being unable, no matter how much you try, to get any joy or happiness from life. And it’s not under your control.
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Depression isn’t feeling sad bout life’s situation. It’s an overwhelming weight and affects the rich as much as the poor.
And I don’t think it is relatively easy to see how a person in a slum might hang themselves.
He acknowledged doing a lot of cocaine in the late '70s and early '80s. Not since then, or so he said. At the time he came up with the zinger “Cocaine is God’s way of saying you have too much money,” and that one seems to have been quoted in about half the stories about him since his death.
I usually don’t chime in on this sort of thread, nor was I a particular fan, but I’m genuinely saddened. I’ve been there.
Food tastes like sawdust. Mac and cheese all the way to foie gras.
Your partner? They’ll wise up some day and go. If they haven’t already. So let them go. Or keep dancing as fast as you can, because if they’re laughing, they’re not leaving. Yet.
Your stuff? Just junk. Your mother always said so and now you can see it’s true.
Your house? Its just a box for all your trash and the biggest piece of that rubbish is you.
And your kids, they don’t want that kind of stone hanging around their necks. You don’t want to be that particular weight for them to carry, things are crappy enough in the world…
My heart aches for his kids. My heart aches for him. My own father killed himself seven years ago. He’d be sixty this November and a new grandpa.
Having suffered from depression, the saddest part of it is the feeling that no matter what you do, nothing will change the feeling. Everything is “so what”? You win ten million dollars? “So what? It’s only money?” Met a great person? “So what? They don’t like me?”
There are people living in utter poverty who get joy from every moment of life, and the rich and famous who cannot feel any joy.
I always felt the same way–his act never made me laugh, but he was a brilliant actor. His performances in Moscow on the Hudson and The Fisher King were both brilliant. And he got a well deserved Oscar for Good Will Hunting. I also remember him as a weird killer in “24 Hour Photo” I believe it was.
One Hour Photo, and he was absolutely mesmerizing in it. Also compelling, if a bit more color-by-numbers in the remake of Insomnia. 2002 was a big year for Robin-as-psycho.
Yes, thanks for the title correction, and I agree about Insomnia. That was a very underrated movie with Willams and Pacino.