#robin williams suicide

[morbidology]

The last known photograph of Robin Williams, taken just the day before he died.

He passed away on the 11th of August, 2014, at the age of 63. He was found dead in his home in Paradise Cay, California. The cause of death was determined to be suicide by hanging.

In the months leading up to his death, Williams had been struggling with severe depression and anxiety. After his death, it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with early stages of Parkinson's disease, which he had not yet disclosed to the public.

Later, an autopsy report indicated that Williams had Lewy body dementia, a neurodegenerative disorder that can cause severe cognitive and behavioral changes, along with physical symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease.

Lewy body dementia is often misdiagnosed, and it is believed that the combination of his mental health struggles and the debilitating effects of this disorder contributed to his tragic decision to end his life.

Robin Williams left behind a legacy of remarkable performances in film, television and stand up comedy. Generations of children grew up with him on the television, and he touched the world with his humor, warmth and talent.

His death was a profound loss to the entertainment industry and to the many people who admired and loved him.

[wwprice1]

You don’t have to face it alone. If you’re in crisis, call 988 for free, confidential help.

[oldmanffucker]

cut scene from the Dead Poets Society script.

Immediately after Neil’s father forces him away from the theater, Keating, Chris, and the dead poets society convene for a meeting.

[sergeant-angels-trashcan]

Look. Okay. Look. I have been thinking about The Threepenny Opera (Donmar Warehouse version) and the song "What Keeps A Man Alive" because when you're not really feeling your fellow man that's the song you sing. Which. Is a topic for another time.

But the gist of the song is that in order to survive you have to do bad things, you have to do whatever it takes ("you have to kill your neighbor to survive/it's selfishness that keeps a man alive") and I was listening to "Feast or Famine" from Black Friday and realized: this is the same song. Spiritually. This is the same song ("there's always a line to be cut and some one to barrel through")

Sure, one is considerably more disturbing (my opinion is that the Donmar Warehouse version is theeeeee most disturbing translation of Die Dreigroschenoper but that's me) but they are both saying: humans suck, actually. And they'll do anything to get what they think they need. (Feast or Famine is a really 3penny song tbh. "Take what you want/return what you get")

I didn't really have a point i just wanted to remind everyone that Jeff Blim is kind of a genius and him joining forces with the Langs is insane. The monologue Uncle Wiley gives in the Black and White? In conjunction with "Feast or Famine"? Don't even speak to me.

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Me, seeing people on my dashboard talking about The Holdovers: ohhh, that looks so good!

Me, seeing someone compare it to Dead Poets Society: okay. I have to reconsider now.

[baku-usagi]

[lovealexhunt]

Saw this on Instagram and I felt this.

I know what it's like to be past the breaking point, to want to die... to try it... but to fight my way back from that. My kindness and empathy are genuine and I will always choose to try to help others even when I feel like I can't help myself. I will do anything to help someone else not feel like that ever. You are not alone and you are so so valuable. Never forget that! I am always here for anyone. 💛💛💛

[quotesfrommyreading]

Most people imagine that resolving particular problems will make them happy. If only one had more money, or love, or success, then life would feel manageable. It can be devastating to realize the falseness of such tempered optimism. A great hope gets crushed every time someone reminds us that happiness can be neither assumed nor earned; that we are all prisoners of our own flawed brains; that the ultimate aloneness in each of us is, finally, inviolable.

  —  Suicide, a Crime of Loneliness

[scottguy]

You can be one of the funniest people in the world and still have suicidal ideations bad enough to act upon like Robin Williams did.

So please don't do anything rash. It's "just" pain, usually emotional pain that you just want to end in the most drastic and irreversible way possible.

So if you're having those kinds of thoughts, (it's almost ridiculous how easily those thoughts come to us when we're depressed ..."Remember! You're mortal!") Talk to someone who will just listen or call the ...

National Suicide Prevention Line

.. it's just three digits..

988

and get past that dark hour.

Life is NOT hopeless. It just FEELS that way. But how we feel IS our reality.

That's why you need contact with someone not inside your brain, because your own emotions are lying to you.

[oldmanffucker]

cut scene from the Dead Poets Society script.

(read the full scene here, but I wanted to celebrate this bit on its own)

[roxanne-bunny]

Rest in peace, Robin Williams

[tragically-jane-doe]

Frothing at the mouth every time I see a "hopecore"/anti suicide TikTok(idk what to call them I'm just using their tags?) that includes Robbin Williams (specifically his one talk thing about suicide) and the comments are filled about his suicide going on and on about how he didn't reach out

like babe let's be honest if you're diagnosed with a incurable disease that will kill you but before that tear your body and mind apart suicide will most definitely cross your mind as a good solution

this is not me saying suicide is the answer to everything if you feel like that is the final answer you should talk to someone preferably a doctor.

[blocked-zombieartist]

The unjust irony that this man spoke these powerful words and still felt so crushed, lost, alone, or whatever he was feeling when he took his life…

Painful.

Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir

[templeofalice]

Have you ever done a personal profile about yourself where they ask you a bunch of silly questions? One question that's always on the list is "What celebrity would you like to have coffee with?". My answer was always Robin Williams. Charming, funny, warm, and truly brilliant. I can't believe he's been gone for 10 yrs already. Check on your friends, people. You never know how one kind word can change a person's life. Be the reason they choose to stay in this world with us. 🩵

[msclaritea]

[quotesfrommyreading]

We lionized Robin Williams for the manic gleam in his performances; at his best, he was not only hilarious but also enchantingly frenzied. There are very few people who have that kind of wild energy who don’t dip the other way sometimes. It often seems as if those who are most exuberant experience despair in proportion to their joy; they seem to swing wildly about the neutral average.

  —  Suicide, a Crime of Loneliness