Robin Williams

[Christians4LessGvt]

Perhaps we need a variety of personalities to make like interesting.

We certainly agree on that.

I have several very close friends that are quite eccentric.
It is very entertaining and interesting to spend time with them.

The dynamic of extremely gifted and extremely flawed in one person
is something I have always been somewhat fascinated with.

People who are extremely talented in certain areas
of their life and/or profession and
then they are complete inadequate hopeless
characters in other parts of their life.

There are so many examples...
besides Robin Williams
like Eddie Van Halen the rock guitarist.
He is extremely talented, has had so much
fame and fortune, but the guy is a social
incompetent. He may be deeply shy,
he may be deeply insecure, or he may
have other demons....who knows?

We all have our strengths and weaknesses.

[Plane]

Howard Tayler   @howardtayler 

The tragic thing about depression is that all these lovely, warm tributes to Robin Williams probably wouldn't have cheered him up.

Howard Tayler has admitted to being depressed before, is it ironic that his business is to create a cartoon every day?
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/

Howard Tayler   @howardtayler 

Note from the depressed: "I love you" & "you have done wonderful things for me" help a lot more than "cheer up" and "count your blessings.

[kimba1]

whew..

I was getting scared where this was going. lets just say this topic is extremely close to several people here( me included). I aplolized if I went too far also

very very sensitive.

[Plane]

  I suppose this topic is not really far from anyone.

[Christians4LessGvt]

Rockers at both ends of the spectrum on this topic:

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nikki-sixx-responds-to-gene-simmons-moronic-comments-about-people-suffering-from-depression/

[Xavier_Onassis]

It turns out that Robin Williams, according to his wife, had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the same incurable disease that Pope John Paul had. I imagine that was an important factor in his deciding to kill himself. Hemingway committed suicide because he was diagnosed with cancer. The idea of suffering in pain withoiut being able to speak for months or years with tubes sticking out of you is not a pleasant one.

[sirs]

For informational & educational purposes, that's a rarity for even end stage Parkinson's.  Parkinson's hits the Nervous system, in particular the portion of the nervous system we generally take for granted, that of automatic movements, like simply walking.  It gets harder to both initiate and control those movements  There's rarely any pain involved and most folks speak just fine, though it gets harder to "hear them", because its less audible for the rest of us to hear them, in the latter stages

[Christians4LessGvt]

It turns out that Robin Williams, according to his wife, had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease,

How far along was he?
I think Ali has lived with it for years.
However I suppose each patient differs.

[Xavier_Onassis]

From watching John Paul II, I would say that Parkinson's does not seem like a whole lot of fun, no matter how you end up.

[sirs]

No, it's not a pleasant disease.  That's for sure

[Christians4LessGvt]

SIRS is that what Michael J. Fox has had for like 25 years?

[sirs]

Yes.....it's a progressive neurological disorder.  He was diagnosed with it, back in the early 1990's

[Xavier_Onassis]

Robin Williams decision was his and his alone to make. I doubt if I'd do the same.

It is unfair to dismiss him as "another crazy druggie"

[kimba1]

not fair using Michael j. fox as an excuse to not do suicide. it`s like saying if you can chug a bottle of jack anybody can. remember nobody was taught not to kill themselves so we fortunately our survival limit is naturally at decent level to begin with. which why teens are a more concern than adults due to less tolerance. it can be said maybe Williams youthful nature may of been a factor

[sirs]

I'm not using anyone for anything, outside of referencing the facts regarding Parkinson's