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However, I didn't think about his career when I heard about his death. As soon as I heard the statement from his publicist and how Mr. Williams had been suffering with depression, all I could think of that we lost this great comedian because his mental illness was terminal.
I do not say that lightly. I say that as someone who has a mental illness. I say that as someone who has been deeply depressed and suicidal and least two times in my life. I may not even be here today except for a friend who drove two and half hours in the middle of the night to come stay with me to make sure I wasn't alone.
Odds are you know or related to someone with a mental illness. Some maybe open about their diagnosis. Some may not be. There is still so much stigma and misinformation about mental illness many do not share their diagnosis.
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If you have a mental illness and this is one of those bad days, please, remember you are NOT alone. Please reach out for help.
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Welcome to Democratic Underground.
I've posted a bunch on other threads here about this topic. I'm sorry I don't have more to say about it now. It's all pretty exhausting.
Thanks for sharing here. Have a wonderful day.
Sylvarose
(210 posts)...and it's a rough day for folks who enjoyed Robin Williams as well those managing mental illness.
meow2u3
(24,759 posts)and should be treated that way, just like killer diseases of the rest of the body.
It's high time we stop treating depressed people and people struggling with mental maladies like lepers by ostracizing them as if they chose to be mentally ill and instead, start employing compassion and understand that mental illness is imposed on them--for once in society's misbegotten life.
Sylvarose
(210 posts)It's not illness and should be treated like one instead of a character flaw.