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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Aug 12, 2014 - 10:32am PT
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Yep, WTF, it is like gravity....you don't cure it, you simply try to control it, often temporarily.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Aug 12, 2014 - 11:45am PT
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The brightest burning candles never last as long.
And Robin burned so very brightly.
Carpe Diem....
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Festus
Social climber
Enron by the Sea
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Aug 12, 2014 - 12:00pm PT
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Had to be 1972, the year I turned 21. A comedy club (the first we'd ever heard of) opened in Pacific Beach at the foot of Grand Avenue in a little room on the ground floor beneath TD Hays restaurant. So we get a group together and go, had no idea who was performing and it didn't matter, it was a big deal just to have a Comedy Store let alone being old enough to get in. Of course, some guy named Robin Williams was the main act and you can imagine the rest. I'd never seen anything like it, a blur of images and bits that had us laughing as hard as any of us ever had. But the one image I'll never forget is this:
If you know the area, you know there is only an alley between the side of this building and the beach. As Williams performed, a double-door emergency exit opening onto that alley was to his left. In the middle of his act some bikers on really loud Harleys slowly cruised by in this alley. Williams stops, eyes wide open in apparent fear, and says "Hells Angels!" at which point he leaps to the emergency exit doors, flings them open and yells "F#CKING PUSSIES!!!" at the top of his lungs then quickly jumps back inside and slams the doors behind him, his back to them and arms spread in panic as if certain they'll try to break in and kick his ass. That was the hardest I laughed all night, which is truly, truly saying something. It was hard to breath let alone hold back the tears. He flat out killed that night.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Aug 12, 2014 - 12:32pm PT
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Depression has many faces. His early manic acts make me wonder if he was Bipolar, but it doesn't matter. Severe depression is also a part of BP.
For many, it is a life long struggle, and it is a deadly disease. The suicide rate is high enough that you can't buy life insurance, for instance. There are now some terrific drugs. Just hope you have insurance, because they are too expensive for the homeless and uninsured. Those folks get the old generic drugs (some of which still cost more than diamonds by weight). Some of the meds are incredibly expensive.
Suicide is a terrible choice, although it sometimes seems that the pain will never go away, and you just want to stop it. He has my profound empathy, but I wish he had had somebody to help him through it.
That would all be well and good except once suicide begins in families, it tends to propagate to children and other kin. You just can't do it. The numbers don't lie. When a suicide starts, the odds of it continuing in families is great.
RW entertained us, but even now, the stigma over mental illness probably had something to do with him hiding the disease. Substance abuse and mental illness also go hand in hand as people self medicate to make the pain go away.
Most of us know people who suffer from a mental illness. It isn't pretty, but these people need acceptance and support from their friends and family. Nothing sickens me more than seeing a mentally ill homeless man begging for loose change.
We treat the mentally ill very poorly in our society.
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Aug 12, 2014 - 12:46pm PT
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^^^ We didn't use too.
Reagan cut all the federal funding to mental hospitals back in the 80's leading to most of the hospitals shutting down and the rise in homelessness and severe decline in studying mental health.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
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Aug 12, 2014 - 02:30pm PT
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I will miss you on this side of eternity Robin. Man did you make me laugh. I loved Mork and Mindy and the climbing shoes. You had an incredible gift. Only G-d knows you're true suffering. I find comfort in the fact that you did know Yeshua, Jesus, in some way. I will see you again.
He was a practicing Episcopalian ...
http://community.sparknotes.com/2011/06/27/why-im-episcopalian-and-proud-of-it
Although I don't agree with all their theology I do agree with some of it.
Suicide is not the unforgiveable sin. But like someone attested to it hurts forever those who are left behind. But someone in a place so dark to do so is not in their right mind. HaShem forgives, especially if you are under the grace of Yeshua HaMashiach.
http://christianity.about.com/od/whatdoesthebiblesay/a/Bible-Suicide.htm
I know. My mother took her life and she loved Jesus. She was in a very dark place and under a lot of medication that doctors felt would help her. Bovine Dung to their advice. My mother wasn't herself. She was in desperate depression. I know I'll see my mother again.
Rest Robin and keep Heaven laughing.
Edit: I agree regarding Ray-Gun^^^^
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Aug 12, 2014 - 02:33pm PT
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Just read, suicide it was.
Why does this hit so hard??
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Aug 12, 2014 - 02:55pm PT
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Why does this hit so hard??
Been asking that question myself. Never thought I'd feel this way about the death of someone I never met.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Aug 12, 2014 - 03:32pm PT
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The world is in need of some good news. It's sad to lose someone who had the ability to make everyone laugh.
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MikeL
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 12, 2014 - 09:25pm PT
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Mork.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Aug 12, 2014 - 11:00pm PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
seen the episode when FX had it on, but then they pulled it..
rip r.w.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Aug 13, 2014 - 08:24am PT
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Message from Zelda
Hey Ron .. better cover your car...
"To those he touched who are sending kind words, know that one of his favorite things in the world was to make you all laugh. As for those who are sending negativity, know that some small, giggling part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to your house to poop on your car. Right after you've had it washed. After all, he loved to laugh too..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/robin-williams-kids-react-to-death_n_5674140.html
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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Aug 13, 2014 - 08:28am PT
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First comedy record i owned was Live at the Met. I had that thing memorized.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Aug 20, 2014 - 06:44pm PT
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More than cowardly, suicide is utterly selfish. The only one's who suffer are those left behind.
Williams legacy is now tainted, as choosing to not deal with life's problems only instills in those that admired him (especially young people)who may have similar battles, the thought that this may be an option for them.
My heart goes out to his family and friends. I pray they may find peace in spite of such brutality being inflicted on them.
What mindless, insensitive dribble. The foment of an uninformed, arrogant individual who should pray for a honest sense of compassion and perhaps do some homework on suicide before they breach the subject again.
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