Sad news. I also enjoyed his more serious roles. He was great in One Hour Photo and Insomnia. R.I.P. Mr. Williams.
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RIP Robin Williams
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ― C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology (Making of Modern Theology)
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Robin Williams Suffered From severe Mental Illness. its called Bipolar Disorder. Its perhaps one of the most dangerous disorders to have in terms of self inflicted violence and suicide attempts, especially during the depressive phases. Its unknown what triggers the highs and the lows, but its depressive phases can be so extremely severe that a person can be unable to function normally, or the depression features psychosis and suicidal tendencies. Its not selfishness, or monetary its very chemical. It can be a very intense crisis and if they don't let someone know how intense or severe or don't have a safety plan in place then its very deadly.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
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Originally posted by Catholicity View PostRobin Williams Suffered From severe Mental Illness. its called Bipolar Disorder. Its perhaps one of the most dangerous disorders to have in terms of self inflicted violence and suicide attempts, especially during the depressive phases. Its unknown what triggers the highs and the lows, but its depressive phases can be so extremely severe that a person can be unable to function normally, or the depression features psychosis and suicidal tendencies. Its not selfishness, or monetary its very chemical. It can be a very intense crisis and if they don't let someone know how intense or severe or don't have a safety plan in place then its very deadly.
"Bipolar" is stretching a functional guy a bit too far into standard psychological categories to really apply here (and how much are you going to trust a DSM that can't call homosexuality the disorder that is is?) I'd rather take him at his word:
While he attributed the recent suicide of novelist Jerzy Kosiński to his fear of becoming an uncreative "vegetable," afraid of losing his sharpness, Williams felt he could overcome those risks.
It's as elementary as arithmetic, and needs to be learned early and often to gain the proper perspective on life's various choices. It has nothing to do with abnormal psychology and everything to do with actively denying human nature and society, which is a theme I may have touched on from time to time. Whether simply being metaphorically suicidal or finally ending in suicide, its temptations can strike even the best of us.
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Wife: Williams had Parkinson's disease
Robin Williams was sober, but was struggling with depression, anxiety and the early stages of Parkinson's disease when he died, his wife said Thursday.That's what
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostWife: Williams had Parkinson's disease
Robin Williams was sober, but was struggling with depression, anxiety and the early stages of Parkinson's disease when he died, his wife said Thursday.
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