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My Thoughts on Robin Williams "Self Inflected" death

8/12/2014

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I think when a life ends in the manner that his did it should be ruled not as self inflected, but caused by a long term illness. I suffer from depression and once stuck the barrel of a gun in my mouth, I was 18 and crying so bad it was hard to focus on the trigger. I of course did not pull it. But I have come close a few more times over the years, my wife knows that when I stop talking about my feelings, its time to worry. A self inflected loss due to depression is not self inflected, it is death due to long term illness, I relate it to what I have been told fighting cancer is like, and I did a video of a cancer victim from start to finish. Robin died of the effects of a long term illness that many are infected with.
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Sara
8/12/2014 07:43:35 am

I have 'attempted' many times myself. Its a vicious disease and yet so misunderstood. I have often wished I had cancer instead of depression (bipolar disorder) because people normally do not think you are faking, starved for attention or simply pathetic. Whereas with mental illness I have been told to just snap out of it, watch a funny movie or exercise more. (Etc...)
I m sad that Robin Williams took his own life. I feel for his children as well...and yet I also cannot help but feel a bit envious. I have no "plan" and yet...I often wish it would just happen. I would love "the easy way" out...and yet I m logical enough to know its not easy for those I love. My love for Jah, my hubby and my kids is the ONLY thing that keeps me from taking this step myself.

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