Robin Williams...really?

Trimby2409 · August 2014

I'm stunned to see they are reporting he is dead by an apparent suicide. How incredibly sad. Such a talented man.

janice9821 · August 2014

Sometimes the happiest people on the outside are the saddest on the inside. Very sad.

Laroo0220 · August 2014

I know I'm so sad to hear this. Loved him in pretty much everything

hpanabaker · August 2014

=((

Rrrrrachel · August 2014

He's been a tortured soul for a long time. Hence all the hard drug use in his past. I'm sad to think he still struggled so mightily with depression.

RedDawnsRevenge · August 2014

A lot of his best comedy was a result of his struggles with MH. So horrible to lose such a creative mind

thomas930 · August 2014

He has always been one of my favorite actors. So sad to see this news.

MamaFantastic · August 2014

Terribly sad, unsettling news

AcaAwkward · August 2014

I don't lose sleep over most celebrity deaths, but this one is really affecting me. So many of his roles were significant to my childhood and adolescence. I'm terribly sad to see depression claim another brilliant soul.

eireyes · August 2014

Horribly sad - I've always loved him as an actor.

katy4128 · August 2014

This was so sad to hear! He was a great actor.

MaglioMomma · August 2014

So incredibly sad. It's amazing how many lives he touched. I typically feel the same about celebrities like @AcaAwkward‌.... but this one hurts!

SoulTermination · August 2014

jellysparkles said:

Vinny424 said:

AcaAwkward said:
I don't lose sleep over most celebrity deaths, but this one is really affecting me. So many of his roles were significant to my childhood and adolescence. I'm terribly sad to see depression claim another brilliant soul.
This. Michael Jackson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Heath ledger they are sad but robin Williams is like deeply upsetting.
Yes. I've got a handful of celebrities that I already knew I'd have a particularly difficult time saying goodbye to - Robin is one. Bracing myself for the others; hopefully they stick it out for a while.

Agreed. One I know will hit me excruciatingly hard is Sir Patrick Stewart. I grew up addicted to Star Trek: TNG. *dread*

Bluebird2318 · August 2014

jellysparkles said:

John Goodman, Conan, and Mel Brooks are on my list as well. And Betty White.

You shut your whore mouth. John Goodman is immortal. [-(

mrscrcalli · August 2014

Mrs Doubtfire forever!

RocksInTheWater · August 2014

jellysparkles said:

jellysparkles said:

John Goodman, Conan, and Mel Brooks are on my list as well. And Betty White.

You shut your whore mouth. John Goodman is immortal. [-(
I sure as shit hope so.

Betty White too.

Twirple · August 2014

Ashleypixie · August 2014

One of my favorite movies of all time was HOOK.

BiggerinRealLife · August 2014

Ok, that guy from Forbes had it right, dead on. I only met him long enough to greet him and escort him to his dressing room after a show, but he grasped my arm and shook my hand, asked my name and used it. I remember thinking afterwards that he was so kind to this little college-aged nobody. And the sad eyes, so true. I also remember that he was a very, very sweaty man.

Vjlewis07 · August 2014

Baby and I will be watching all of my Childhood favorites today. Starting with "Hook"

steph1977 · August 2014

BiggerinRealLife said:
Ok, that guy from Forbes had it right, dead on. I only met him long enough to greet him and escort him to his dressing room after a show, but he grasped my arm and shook my hand, asked my name and used it. I remember thinking afterwards that he was so kind to this little college-aged nobody. And the sad eyes, so true. I also remember that he was a very, very sweaty man.

Very sweaty and very hairy! I can completely see the sad eyes. What a tragic loss. I grew up watching Mork & Mindy -- guess that makes me old. Nanoo, nanoo!

eireyes · August 2014

One of our favorite "quotes" from a movie is from Mrs. Doubtfire - my little sister (she would have been 6 or so) misheard the line when the mugger tries to steal Mrs. Doubtfire's purse, and told someone to "Back off tadpole!" :-)

Ashleypixie · August 2014

Full disclosure, I am a suicide survivor. It's hard to see these stories and not ache inside because I know how it gets there, I know how hopeless and impulsive it is. And when you wake up and find out that you are here again you just break down, knowing what you have put people through. It has been difficult to pick up the pieces, lose some "friends" and start over repairing relationship.i was just so embarrassed. People didn't know how to act towards me. I'm glad I'm here now.

Twirple · August 2014

My brother's best friend from elementary school is a suicide survivor. He is one of those people that was always "on" when we were growing up.

SoulTermination · August 2014

@Ashleypixie‌ Sympathy lovetit, and *huggles*. I've gotten close to that point a couple times, but thankfully the teeny little part of me gibbering away in panic beat on the cell door hard enough to knock it down and let my "right mind" back out in time. It's scary as hell to realize what almost happened!

PoppySeedWindsor · August 2014

celticlullaby said:

I don't lose sleep over most celebrity deaths, but this one is really affecting me. So many of his roles were significant to my childhood and adolescence. I'm terribly sad to see depression claim another brilliant soul.
I just said that to my husband. I think this is the first celebrity death that's really getting to me. I think it's partly that association with my childhood, partly that it was a suicide and I work in mental health, and partly that he seemed like such genuinely nice, warm, real person. Depression fucking sucks.

Yep. This hits me haaaaaaaaard.

PoppySeedWindsor · August 2014

Ashleypixie said:

One of my favorite movies of all time was HOOK.

Available on netflix. Totes watched it last night.

Bluebird2318 · August 2014

celticlullaby said:

@Ashleypixie‌ - Big creepy Internet hugs. I'm really glad you're here too.

Ditto this.

My younger sister and my mom both suffer from depression as well. My sister has some sort of social anxiety and at least one of her psychiatrists felt that she could possibly be somewhere on the autism spectrum. She's very bright and creative, has a wacky sense of humor, and I know she's had those sorts of thoughts in the past, but has never acted on them thank goodness. Internet communities and friends actually help her quite a lot I think, since she has difficulty interacting with people face-to-face unless she knows them really well already.

A friend of mine just lost her young cousin to suicide recently as well. What a terrible thing for there to be no cure.

nursewinnie · August 2014

@Ashleypixie‌ thank you for sharing. It takes a lot of courage to open up about something so personal. We are all glad youre still here! On my own personal note, my brother is a very recent suicide survivor. He's an Iraq war vet with what we now know is pretty severe PTSD. He has always been the life of the party and absolutely everyone who knows him loves him. About 3 weeks ago(July 23 to be exact ) I got a call at 5am that he had been in a car accident at 2am. At the time we thought it was just a roll over and that he ran off the road. He was on a ventilator and had a brain bleed and multiple facial fractures. Over the last 3 weeks he has made tremendous progress. He's medically very stable. Mentally, he has some serious rehab to do to get back to himself. We have since found out that he didn't just run off the road. He went off a bridge and there were no skid marks. He just drove himself off attempting suicide. I'm grateful he is alive and he is currently on his way home from Texas to finish his rehab here in Tennessee around family. I will see him for the first time tonight since the accident. Please know that as a family member, I don't look down upon him and I'm sure your family don't look down on you either. It's simply something that you went through and are stronger having come out on the other side.

Ashleypixie · August 2014

Lol, I didn't mean to hijack an entire thread about the tragic death of Robin Williams! Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad I'm still here too. Depression is a terrible illness. I can't imagine what he suffered through personally that made him feel like the world was better off without him. He was such a Hollywood icon but Ive noticed the sad eyes as well.

Bluebird2318 · August 2014

I've got Jumanji going on Netflix for DD while I'm cleaning the house. It's painful to watch. Ugh.

(

loveyoga7 · August 2014

I feel like I lost an uncle that made me laugh as a kid. I know it sounds weird because I've never met this man but that's how big of an impact he had on me growing up watching his films. He will be missed.

Want a personalized experience?

Robin Williams...really?

Re: Robin Williams...really?

Choose Another Board

Search Boards