[Moose72]

They are saying sui. Personally ive always thought he was bp even though theyre saying just depression.

[HALLIEBETH87]

No...he was bipolar. I wonder if maybe people who understand depression/bp...if maybe we hurt a little more because we have an idea of how he felt when he made that choice.

[Notoriousglo]

The news says "severe depression." Where do you get your info from?

[lilypup]

Sad...if any good comes of this maybe more info about MI will get out.

[Moose72]

Im just guessing bp based on how up he always seemed to be. He never seemed to slow down. Its in everything he did imo.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Robin Williams, Bipolar Sufferer, Dead at 63 Due to Suicide | World of Psychology

[Notoriousglo]

Originally Posted by HALLIEBETH87

Robin Williams, Bipolar Sufferer, Dead at 63 Due to Suicide | World of Psychology

I feel really unhappy about the news.

[Notoriousglo]

Originally Posted by euphy

I feel really unhappy about the news.

I also don't know if that psychologytoday posting is a reliable source, cause there's another entry that says "Severe depression." I guess it doesn't matter, cause the severe depression is what made him commit suicide.

[TheatreKid]

Celebrity deaths really affect me somehow, especially actors, maybe because I am an actor and have a mental illness. So many great actors have a lot of darkness inside them and that's where they draw from. I always felt a kinship with Robin Williams. I was really upset when Phillip Seymour Hoffman died earlier this year too.

[pawn78]

well, 63 years old ain't so bad. Lots of people die naturally before that. Most people die of illness, mental illness too.

[Moose72]

Watching the birdcage.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Well it doesn't really matter, does it? I have seen it other places too. PBS for one. I just don't have time to go digging.

Wow, that is really sad. It's a wake-up call to how serious this illness really is.

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by apfei

Wow, that is really sad. It's a wake-up call to how serious this illness really is.

Exactly right

This one hits hard. I know there's been some confusion over the years, about whether he had BP or not. And I agree it doesn't really matter. For me it's like what TheatreKid says…. feeling a kinship. To watch him in action was…. well, you get caught up in it. It feels manic. It feels familiar, even just to hear. I'd always admire that someone could tell jokes as fast as I could hear them. And had a suspicion that there were a whole lot of people who really couldn't keep up taking it all in. It felt almost like a special power to be able to do so. Maybe that's a little boastful or something, but it's hard to not entertain this notion. Like somehow we can get more out of it than your average bear. Yeah, a kinship.

There's not much in the celebrity world that I even pay attention to, let alone get caught up, but this….. this is different. I went straight to Snopes hoping it wasn't true. Was choking up relating it to BF. Just sat and cried and cried. Ack. Starting again. It just plain sucks.

i am heartbroken
i often equate celebrities with family members based on facial features and he very much resembled my grandfather. i feel like i have lost a close family member and this just weeks before the 15th anniversary of my mothers suicide.
i know i am taking this too personally and i know that it may not even make sense but i am distraught.

[TheatreKid]

I'm marathoning Robin Williams movies tonight.

I have just started doing standup comedy and I always wanted to meet Robin Williams and trade standup jokes.

[cashart10]

Sui...heartbreaking. Too close to home. He was responsible for many laughs.

Years ago I had the honor of meeting Robin. He was a brilliantly talented man with a genius mind and a soul of pure gold. I remember looking into his eyes and I knew, without any doubt, that he was struggling with mental illness - and that that illness was most likely bipolar disorder. Robin Williams' death is heart wrenching. The world has lost a great inspiration.

To see a man with monumental talent, a father of three children, and an enormous amount of money, living in the gorgeous community that Tiburon, Calif is - and to know he chose suicide infuriates me. I am not angry at Robin Williams. I have only compassion for him. I am angry because with all the psychiatric medications and treatments available the human community still loses great people to mental illness. Surely researchers can do better in finding real, sustaining help for those of us who battle mental illness.

[buzz bee]

How horrible. Bipolar is an evil creature.

[Love&Toil]

Originally Posted by Sister Rags

I am angry because with all the psychiatric medications and treatments available the human community still loses great people to mental illness. Surely researchers can do better in finding real, sustaining help for those of us who battle mental illness.

This.

[Bluesday]

O captain, my captain! Thanks for the laughs and the inspiration. RIP.

[Curiosity77]

It was definitely bipolar. My friend knew him quite well. It's such a tragic loss. This is a deadly illness

[Moose72]

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.”
— Robin Williams

[TheatreKid]

I am taking this news kind of badly. I'm watching Good Will Hunting and I can't believe he's gone, especially in the way he went.

It makes me not want to give up on comedy or acting or music, but also terrified that if I take that path, I'll wind up the same.