Robin Williams dead at 63

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Guys, using this just to say: if you guys are depressed or hurt... talk to someone. You might think you don't matter but you do.


God damnit, I still can't believe this. :(
 
I (and many others in my age range) pretty much grew up watching countless of his movies. He was truly a legend (not just in comedy), and I will be forever thankful for all the good times he gave us.

RIP
 
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Damn.
 
This has probably already been posted somewhere over the last 40 pages, but I wanted to share it.

It's Robin visiting deployed troops in 2007, and he gets interrupted by retreat. What an amazing person he was..
 
RIP Mr. Williams.. Your movies lit up my life from the time I could remember them to present day. So many fantastic films under your belt, and a great stand-up comedic history to boot. Today really fucking sucks without you alive in the world. :(

Gonna go back through his filmography and watch some of my favs here pretty soon. Damn man...
 
I grew up watching movies like Jumanji and Aladdin admiring Robin Williams. Then I saw his more adult films like Dead Poets Society and Good WIll Hunting and he really spoke to me. Then, I watched his stand-up and he made me laugh my ass off. He was a huge part of my life and easily one of my favorite people. Can't believe this happened.
 
Megidolaon said:
Yeah, people are too quick to label people as selfish. Most of the time when people are severely depressed, in their mind they are doing their loved ones a favor by ending things, thinking they are a burden on them. It is so sad. We don't know what he was thinking. Maybe he had a recent terminal diagnosis. Or even if he didn't clinical depression cuts to the very soul.

And I didn't know there were teens that never heard of him. Kinda hard to believe. I'm one of the least knowledgeable people I know when it comes to celebs, but I can't imagine never coming across Robin Williams.

Sounded like a truly great guy. Down-to-earth and humble celeb.
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And that's exactly it. When you suffer from it you feel like you are a burden to everyone you love. You feel like the world would be better off without you and that you're doing them a favor and it's damn hard to overcome that. If you manage too it always returns.
 
You know, he lived such a good life and had a great influence on a lot of people i was reflecting really fondly and felt ok with the death until finding out its likely suicide and now i'm just broken hearted. He seemed so strong this past decade. Poor fellow, and i feel awful for his family.
 
Kai Dracon said:
On the subject of "not thinking of others" one of the cruel twists of depression is a person may in fact only be thinking of others and that torments them. A depressed person may be convinced at a deep emotional level they're hurting the people they care about, because they are a horrible person (For being depressed and useless.)
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That's one of the ways I get depressed. It somehow becomes "my fault" and "why didn't I do anything?" "I'm responsible for everything that went wrong" "I don't know how to fix it..." just endless words blaming yourself when it wasn't your fault at all.

I convinced myself of this when my mother died many months ago. I was scared and terrified, I didn't know what to do, she was dying in a hospital bed. I couldn't make it to see her but I heard that maybe if I talked it could have helped but I completely froze up. I blamed myself for her death. I remember when I was a kid, after her diabetic coma she couldn't talk and her mind became like that of a 5 year old, but her seeing me and my brother she finally spoke again. I couldn't stop crying then and I blamed myself even further for her death recently like I could have made the biggest difference again. Her body had deteriorated so much from battling diabetes her whole life, her immune system just couldn't take it anymore and fight off any infections. I don't think she could have recovered but I still sometimes blame myself.


Thinking about it is making me a bit teary eyed now too.
 
Small, pointless anecdote that just came to mind... I remember standing around next to the line to see Doom 3 back at E3... 2002, I guess, and Robin Williams just walked on by looking like he was really enjoying himself there. Didn't exchange words, but that's one of a very few times I've been in such close proximity to a celebrity and I always appreciated how much he appreciated games.

Sad, sad day today is.
 
Fuck. This one hurts... rest in peace, Robin.

What an awful end to the Monday. That man brought innumerable amount of tears to my eye from laughing.
 
Holy shit, I really can't believe this, I am literally crying right now, I love his movies and have good memories watching them, R.I.P. Robin you are a legend to me
 
Man I just browsed all his movies to recommend a few to a friend who missed out like all movies ever... truly a great loss. Always loved his movies. Big part of my childhood. =/
 
Celebrity deaths usually leave me indifferent, they're not people I actually know, after all, but this really makes me feel sad. I didn't know I cared that much until I read he was gone.

I'm watching the Fisher King this week out of reverence.
 
Damn I just can't get over how sad it is that a man who was such a source of joy for people ended his life because of crushing unhappiness and despair.

I don't know know if depression is purely genetic or if there is a cultural component to it as well, but I can't believe that it's so prevalent in the United States. What a goddamn horrible disease.
 
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