Robin Williams - Suicide should never be an option

Well you'd have to have been living under a rock not to know that yesterday it came across all the news wires that acclaimed comedian Robin Williams had taken his own life.  Sydney's Kiis 106.5 reported that he hanged himself.  Other media like 2GB and the newspapers have suggested his wife just thought he was sleeping in.

Since his death there has been a discussion about how comedians hide their sorrow behind the laughter and that Williams battled with alcohol and drug addiction.  According to the UK's Daily Mail, he was facing bankruptcy and supposedly his career was tanking, but this doesn't seem right given reports earlier in the year which said Williams was keen to make another Mrs Doubtfire movie, although Lisa Jakub, the girl who played his youngest daughter in the movie wasn't keen to get on board and do it.

I could talk about the memories and Williams successful career.  I could talk about how celebrities suffer depression and mental health issues but I don't really think that's beneficial to anyone.  Much like when Charlotte Dawson took her own life, in the same way, it's more important to focus on the point that got them to that moment of total desperation and hopelessness where they felt there was no escape from their pain.

There is always a way up from depression and things are never as bad as they seem.  Williams had been to rehab so he knew the services were available, as did Charlotte Dawson when she took her life in February.  Both of them had enough people in their lives that they could have made it through.

I just hope that people will actually seek help when they're depressed and think things aren't going to get any better.  They always get better and there are so many charities out there who help people who are going through mental health issues.