Robin Williams RIP
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This has always been one of my favorite songs. Anytime someone really pisses me off or I'm feeling down, I hum the song over and over. Lol. I forgot he was in the video. You can't help but smile watching it. They looked like they were having so much fun.
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Severe Depression and bipolar disorder is what he had. If you don't have it ordon't know anyone who does it might look like that. The man had a problem. God made him this way.
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Has anyone else noticed that ever since news of this tragic loss broke that we haven't heard a peep about Tony Stewart?
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Maybe because in comparison to Robin Williams, he's pretty insignificant.
Is it easier to focus on bipolar and depression rather than his untreated alcoholism and drug addiction? Where does one stop and the other begin? Are not all such conditions treatable?
bleedinbrown58
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Agreed all those conditions are treatable but similar in that like an addiction...having a mental illness requires you to first admit you have a problem and want to get better. In my experience (i'm not saying they are all like this) some people who are bipolar do not always stay on their meds...some enjoy the manic side of the spectrum....and then when they become depressed...they twnd to drink a lot (or abuse drugs). It is a vicious cycle.
VonDutch
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Where are your facts backing your claim about his addictions being untreated? By all accounts in the media it was and only his addicion to alcohol reoccurred.
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Have not heard anything about Obama either.
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Hahaha! Not touching that one with a 10-foot pole.
Ah. Alcohol. The safe addiction.
Check out the symptoms of a bipolar individual and then those of an alcoholic. Remarkably similar if the drinking of alcohol is ignored.
VonDutch
Bite your tongue, Missy
I didn't debate the addiction. I questioned your statement of "untreated".
Do you have personal issue with a person like this or do you just enjoy peeing on a man's grave?
Hearing about Robin Williams suicide brought tears to my eyes. He was a talented man with a tortured soul. My heart goes out to his family.
RIP
Successful comedians display symptoms of psychosis, study says - The Guardian
Unusual personalities 'connect random thoughts' and impulsive, irrational minds can create best comedy, research suggests
Comedians are able to make people laugh because they often display characteristics usually found in people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, research claims.
Their talent to amuse people lies in having unusual personalities and displaying what researchers say are high levels of psychotic characteristics, according to findings which appear to support the widely held belief of a link between madness and creativity.
The results are based on a study of how 523 comedians from the UK, USA and Australia described their own personalities and beliefs when they filled in a questionnaire measuring psychotic traits in people who are not troubled by mental illness.
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Successful comedians display symptoms of psychosis, study says - The Guardian
Unusual personalities 'connect random thoughts' and impulsive, irrational minds can create best comedy, research suggests
Comedians are able to make people laugh because they often display characteristics usually found in people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, research claims.
Their talent to amuse people lies in having unusual personalities and displaying what researchers say are high levels of psychotic characteristics, according to findings which appear to support the widely held belief of a link between madness and creativity.
The results are based on a study of how 523 comedians from the UK, USA and Australia described their own personalities and beliefs when they filled in a questionnaire measuring psychotic traits in people who are not troubled by mental illness.
Oh, no. I loved Robin Williams. I hate his suicide. After thinking about it, yeah, I have a huge problem with it.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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How has his decision to take his own life affected you on a personal level?
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