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Originally Posted by lizardlady
When I first heard about his suicide I was saddened that his depression "won." Then I heard he was in the early stages of Parkinson's. I'm still saddened by his death, but I understand why he might have killed himself. I have a medical condition that causes unrelenting pain. There are days that the pain overwhelms me. At those times, death seems like a viable alternative. I can understand the fear of the deterioration of something like Parkinson's. I can understand wanting to have some control over the end of one's life.
RIP Robin. I hope you are in a better place.
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I don't think we should assume that it was the Parkinsons that drove him to it.