Robin Williams Dead

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Yes so sad šŸ˜¦ May he RIP. My face book feed was full of pages and pages of people talking about it. So sad! šŸ˜¦
 
I guess it proves that just becausr you are funny, it doesnā€™t mean you are happy.
 
I think itā€™s really important to pray for someone whoā€™s taken their own life and God is compassionate and loving. As Catholics we must pray for Godā€™s mercy on all of us and include ALL mankind in our prayers. I pray for Robin Williams and all the other souls who have had to surrender to depression and sadness.
 
Jeanne_S said:
I agree with you.I have always felt such a deep sadness when hearing of a suicide.That an individual was in such deep pain and despair,that ending their lives was the only relief they felt they could get,is indeed hard to grasp.I agree that God in his mercy will take that into consideration.
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Ditto
 
Out of all the celebrity deaths we hear about, this one hit me harder than most.

I grew up in the 90s with sooo many of Robins amazing and inspriting films. Many of them touched me and really are just a part of my childhood.

I was sad to hear the news but I pray that he is in heaven now making God laugh too! šŸ˜›
 
He was killed by the brain disease that he has battled most of his life (clinical depression, possibly bi-polar)

Itā€™s as real as the cardiac disease he also suffered from and is as real as a medical condition.

To dismiss it as ā€œsadness or unhappinessā€ is to ignore the serious brain disease that it is.
And one of the risk factors of it is suicide. To dismiss that is also to ignore that it IS a brain disease as real as any other disease.
 
Jeanne_S said:
I agree with you.I have always felt such a deep sadness when hearing of a suicide.That an individual was in such deep pain and despair,that ending their lives was the only relief they felt they could get,is indeed hard to grasp.I agree that God in his mercy will take that into consideration.
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Agreed
 
Marie5890 said:
He was killed by the brain disease that he has battled most of his life (clinical depression, possibly bi-polar)

Itā€™s as real as the cardiac disease he also suffered from and is as real as a medical condition.

To dismiss it as ā€œsadness or unhappinessā€ is to ignore the serious brain disease that it is.
And one of the risk factors of it is suicide. To dismiss that is also to ignore that it IS a brain disease as real as any other disease.
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I couldnā€™t agree more.My oldest daughter suffers from major depression and severe anxiety.
I just had a conversation with one of my other daughters about this very thing.It is often the case that individuals with mental illnesses will be compliant with taking their meds,until which time they feel they donā€™t need them anymore,resulting in a rebound of their symptoms.Yes,the brain is part of the body,when it is diseased it should be treated as such.
If any good comes from tragedies like Robin Williams suicide it will be that mental illness will get the attention it needs to help everyone who suffers.
 
Jeanne_S said:
I couldnā€™t agree more.My oldest daughter suffers from major depression and severe anxiety.
I just had a conversation with one of my other daughters about this very thing.It is often the case that individuals with mental illnesses will be compliant with taking their meds,until which time they feel they donā€™t need them anymore,resulting in a rebound of their symptoms.Yes,the brain is part of the body,when it is diseased it should be treated as such.
If any good comes from tragedies like Robin Williams suicide it will be that mental illness will get the attention it needs to help everyone who suffers.
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Amen.

May we take a moment to pray for all those who suffer any form of brain disease, for their families, for the medical community who tries to help them, and for all of us that we may have a great compassion for them.
 
Marie5890 said:
Amen.

May we take a moment to pray for all those who suffer any form of brain disease, for their families, for the medical community who tries to help them, and for all of us that we may have a great compassion for them.
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I heard they are spending 78 million dollars or something like that to put a net under the san francisco bay bridge where so many people have committed suicide to prevent more suicides. Too bad they donā€™t use that money for another way to treat the people before they reach the point they are standing at the bridge.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I heard they are spending 78 million dollars or something like that to put a net under the san francisco bay bridge where so many people have committed suicide to prevent more suicides. Too bad they donā€™t use that money for another way to treat the people before they reach the point they are standing at the bridge.
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Exactly!
 
mary_bobo said:
What a harsh thing to say. Obviously you have no understanding of deep depression. May God be merciful to him and may he find the peace he could not find on this earth.
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Some people, I think just donā€™t understand clinical depression which I have as well. My own Father thought I was just pretendingā€¦ and lazy! He thought I could just ā€œpick myself up by the bootstrapsā€ and go on AS if there were nothing wrong. I think a lot of it came by the ā€˜machismoā€™ myth. Just bottle it all up like it does not exist. He had much bottled up stress and his first coronary came at age 45!

No one commits suicide if they are not mentally ill, and they are not culpable for their actions.

The church refused Christian burial to suicides for years šŸ˜¦ , But now the church realized they were wrong and changed their policies.
 
So very sad. I liked his movies such as ā€˜Good Morning, Vietnamā€™ and ā€˜Mrs Doubtfireā€™ along with ā€˜Patch Adamsā€™ and his TV shows such as ā€˜Mork and Mindyā€™.

I learned from an article in Christianity Today that he was an Episcopalian.

The article said, in part:
"Williams, 63, was a Christian and had been a member of the Episcopal Church. He previously described his denomination in a comedy routine as ā€œCatholic Liteā€”same rituals, half the guilt.ā€
 
7_Sorrows said:
I guess it proves that just becausr you are funny, it doesnā€™t mean you are happy.
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Many depressed people laugh to keep from crying, it is a coping mechanism that I use myself.

Just think of the many Jewish Commedians. Mel Brooks for example and the terrible experiances they have had. Hollocost anyone?
 
andrewstx said:
Many depressed people laugh to keep from crying, it is a coping mechanism that I use myself.

Just think of the many Jewish Commedians. Mel Brooks for example and the terrible experiances they have had. Hollocost anyone?
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One of those who knew him best said, ā€œHe could make everybody happy but himselfā€.
Such a pity. Please pray for his soul.
 
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andrewstx:
Many depressed people laugh to keep from crying, it is a coping mechanism that I use myself.

Just think of the many Jewish Commedians. Mel Brooks for example and the terrible experiances they have had. Hollocost anyone?
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Holocaust not Hollocost.
 
7_Sorrows said:
I heard they are spending 78 million dollars or something like that to put a net under the san francisco bay bridge where so many people have committed suicide to prevent more suicides. Too bad they donā€™t use that money for another way to treat the people before they reach the point they are standing at the bridge.
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I see it as putting up a barrier to acting on the suicide impulse.

For those with brain diseases the suicidal impulses are very real. That is why there are suicide hotlines.
Are you of the view that funding should be pulled from suicide hotlines or other last hope interventions?

I see all the above as pro life measures.
 
7_Sorrows said:
Holocaust not Hollocost.
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My spell check indicates when a word is spelled wrong, but does not give the right spelling.

PS, I had a bad stroke 10 years ago and my intellectual capacity has shrunken a lot during that time. I guess that stroke like clinical depression does not exist for some. šŸ˜¦
 
andrewstx said:
My spell check indicates when a word is spelled wrong, but does not give the right spelling.

PS, I had a bad stroke 10 years ago and my intellectual capacity has shrunken a lot during that time. I guess that stroke like clinical depression does not exist for some. šŸ˜¦
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Prayers Andrew. I have never had a stroke but I do have another kind of medical condition
I know its not easy and can be very isolating.

May God grant you the grace of love understanding kindness and compassion that our culture cant seem to grasp.

God Bless
 
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