Robin Williams dead at 63

I will say this and then I'm done, cause this is a topic I don't want to sit here and go around in circles on.

Of course it needs to be pushed that suicide is not an answer. Is that not the case? I've never seen/heard anyone advocating suicide as an answer to life's problems. But to call a dead person "selfish" or "coward" when you have ZERO CLUE what was going on in their life and inside their head is pretty damn pathetic if you ask me.

E.G. Bipolar is a LEGITIMATE disorder of the brain. And the brain is the organ which controls emotions and thought processes. You do the math.

Me too. And he was probably the kindest, funniest man in the whole family. And the last one I'd have ever expected to do something like that. Which only reaffirms my stance on this issue. He loved his family and specifically his daughter. And I know he never would've wanted to put her through any pain or trauma. But clearly the pain he was feeling inside consumed him and was so intense that he wasn't able to think clearly and rationally. I wish he'd been able to see through the fog and come to a different decision. But he didn't. And I'm certainly not going to sit here and call him selfish.

 

I honestly haven't seen him in anything lately. I think the most recent movie I saw him in was the first Night at the Museum.

 

I didn't doubt for one second that you would.

 

I just think you have to look at each individual situation. Mom takes away your iPhone or PS4 and you off yourself? You can make an argument that was a selfish act. Boyfriend breaks up with you and you off yourself? Again, you can make an argument that was a selfish act. But if you've been fighting a legitimate brain disorder for 50 years and it finally gets the best of you? I think it's pretty freaking s***** to call that person selfish.

My whole point was you can't paint suicide in black and white. There are simply too many different factors in each individual case. I've unfortunately known several people who have killed themselves. Some had legitimate brain disorders like bipolar. Some had no diagnosed mental illness but just seemed to be in a rut. And there's even one guy who seemed happy as could be, but just got drunk as a skunk one night and ended up pulling out his gun and blowing his brains out after a stupid argument with his GF.

Those are just my experiences and you can see how drastically different they are. So I would never have the balls to label every single person who commits suicide (nearly one million each year, world-wide) as "this" or "that".