I am devastated, completely shocked, numb, and just plain sad. I know people die all the time, celebrities die all the time, and it doesn't send me into a tailspin, but to know that he was so depressed....such a beautiful soul, well, I know there's a lot of us who can certainly identify with his pain, especially here, on this site. I cry for his loss not because the world has lost a very talented and gifted man, but because he was one of us, and I know now how he struggled, using humor (though his was waaaaaaay better than mine) to cope with his effed up brain chemistry. I was so close to that cliff once, and found a way to take a step backward and remind myself of all the reasons I wanted to live. It breaks my heart to know that he was beyond the point where he could do that.

Hopefully.....maybe......finally...........the public in general will finally start to take mental illnesses, including severe depression seriously.