RIP Robin Williams

I'm getting to that point, DM1. Not hopelessness but I'm bored with life. What's the point of it all?

 

I would say to try going the psychotherapy route and see if that helps you.

This is why I was interested in Williams' possible Parkinson's treatment, though. It had nothing to do with any media savvy on the part of his family, or any media conspiracy theory.

There are many pharmaceutical drugs, particularly many used for psychological and neurological conditions, that can markedly increase the occurrence of suicidal thoughts, and, by extension, therefore, the possibility of suicidal actions.

I'm not saying, or even thinking, that that's what happened with Williams, particularly if he was only in the early stages of Parkinson's. But I'd be interested to know about the possibility, in his treatment, the dosage and any possible known effects they may have been having on him. This is especially so given the power of Parkinson's medications.

 

Who's going to spy for us at the other place?

Seriously, if you are feeling that way, please talk to someone.

Life can be a grind, but it's much better than the alternative. And, something exciting could be right around the corner.

 

If that's where your heads are at, it's time to go talk with someone who can help you feel better about yourself and the world around you. Life doesn't have to suck every day. And talking things out is a great start.

It's not all that hard to relieve pressure and redirect your focus. And talking it out beats holding stuff in.

 

To Songbird and DeskMonkey1, listen to the above advice and please act on it.

I'll add be mindful of what you feed your brain.

 

I fully agree that anyone who is experiencing issues should talk to someone. I know a few people in this business who have been pushed over the top by some of the issues that everybody in this business has experienced or worried about on some level.

I've never been suicidal, but hit a low point about 12 years ago. It was pretty awful, life-altering surgery, which indirectly led to the loss of a job (my choice, but it was ugly). But shortly after I got to my new place, I met my wife and things started to improve dramatically. It's not to say that everything is always rainbows and lollipops, but sometimes you have to hit bottom before you can start getting better.

There's always something better out there. Just try to surround yourself with positivity and if you need to, find someone to talk to.

 

I'm still doing my thing in the gallery so at least my boredom hasn't morphed into depression yet. Or maybe it has reached that level and I'm just in denial. Who knows. Who cares. Life is boring.

But at least I'm drinking some good coffee this morning. So I have that going for me.

 

Xan, whatever you do, don't quit coffee!

 

Whenever Mick Jagger or Keith Richards goes, the first one.

Bob Dylan.

I think Spielberg was mentioned, but I think Scorsese, too, by now, would be a ginormous one.

Madonna will be a 10-alarm death some day.

Stephen King, too. And J.K. Rowling, for that matter.

Perhaps the most affecting ones for me, to this point, were a couple of the most recent: the Hoffman-Gandolfini 1-2 punch. Cobain, in retrospect, wears on me more than it did even at the moment, for some reason.

 

Found some good stuff so I'll stick with it awhile.

 

Gandolfini and Hoffman were almost eight months apart. That's a lot of time between punches in a 1-2 combo. Just sayin'.

 

I think so much depends on how they die. If Springsteen, Bono, Madonna, McCartney, Jagger or Richards died in a plane crash, drug overdose, assassinated or by suicide tomorrow, I would expect reaction to be similar to or greater than the reaction to Williams.

I can't imagine any director or author under any circumstances getting the kind of reaction that Williams did.

I think the Williams reaction has far eclipsed that of Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson.