Even if you are from the plant Ork you know Robin Williams. I don't know of a person on this planet that hasn't been touched by him no matter what your age is. Like all the others that have taken their life, Robin Williams was so happy on the outside. He was always making us laugh, entertaining us, and bringing happiness to others, all the while battling a daemon inside. It is ironic how his Disney character may say it best. You are free now Genie. He has been trapped and trying to get out of captivity and he chose the only way he knew. Those of us who are intimate with suicide know how to read the reports and know how he took his life. I have extreme sadness today as I did as a fell to sleep last night, a physical pain in my heart. I feel for his wife, his 2 ex-wives, and for his three children. They each will go through a grief like no other. What will make it worse for them is he is loved and known around the World. You will hear all kind of stories posted online and on TV. Some of these stories will be very hurtful to the family.
Last night on the boardwalk I was engaged in a conversation about Robin Williams. I had to leave an area just before that because of a young woman and young man who were seemingly intoxicated going on and on and talking about suicide and how could he and the multiple ways he probably did it. I then landed in a conversation about how another person's best friend took his life.
If there were one thing I could change about the World is we would quit talking about graphic details of such terrible things. Why are we so interested. When you get a vision of such horror in your head you can't get it out. When you see things of such horror, you can't un-see those things. I refused to watch the video that was posted everywhere of the Tony Stewart accident that took the life of a fellow competitor. I can't un-see that if I watch it. I don't need that in my head. For this exact reason we haven't shared the method Jared chose. We don't want our friends and family to have a visual of such sadness. I have had many people reach out and ask how, but I am extremely careful in who I tell. Some I know can handle it but I will not share with young people. They don't need it.
I am proud the media and the family of Robin Williams is telling you why he took his life....depression. That is the reason everyone does. There is an inner demon in depression....some call the devil. Please if you are touched by this demon in the future, don't ask why they took their life, you know that answer. Many will leave notes or post on social media how people drove them to it, how someone upset them. These are the mechanisms to allow themselves to justify their actions. Why is depression.
I hope that Robin Williams' death will bring the much needed attention to this 100% preventable cause of death. WHO (World Health Organization) has already realized this is an epidemic and it needs to be stopped, that is why it is their focus through 2020. Why then do schools not want to do all they can to bring awareness to students that there is help? Why do employers not want to hang a poster up with a phone number in case anyone needs help? It doesn't cost anything to do this?
Many people have reached out to me since last night to insure I was OK. Yes, this pours salt in an open wound that is trying to heal. But I know, like Jared's tragedy, Robin Williams will work from above to help reach people.
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