I’ve been away from the site for a couple of weeks and I have to weigh in on Robin Williams. Nobody seems to understand how personal pain can be so great to drive a person to destroy themselves in such a violent and agonizing way. Think for a moment (if you haven’t) how horrible it would be to hang from the neck using a leather belt – not “hang” as they do in a calculating way to snap the neck but to hang, suffocating in violent pain until you pass out – maybe more than once.
I write this not to be morbid in any way but to make the point that some of us suffer on a daily basis the kind of pain no one else can fathom; and it can drive us to the ultimate act that seems “cowardly” to most people.
Well, fuck them all – it can be an act of courage.
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Not cowardly or selfish at all. If they were in my shoes (or yours, or anyone else in the same predicament) they would be instantly humbled and realize they are just on the outside looking in. Critics like that can think what they wish. It’s not stopping me.
I totally agree. The suffocation must have been hard. In the past, hanging was my preferred method. I searched for the right rope to buy and best place to do it. I failed to find the courage to hang myself. When I heard about RW’s manner of death, I felt like a coward because he just used a belt and door jam… I also felt a lot of anger by people’s comments. They have no idea about our suffering.
Still Lost: “They have no idea about our suffering.”
You’re dead on, 100%.
It always pisses me off to no end how people can judge the validity or depth anyone else’s feelings. If a person has not been in that despair, they just don’t get it at all. Robin’s suicide further proves that, IMO.