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As all of you know that Robin Williams passed away on 11 August 2014 or 12 August 2014 if you're in Singapore. When they announced his passing on the television, I was shocked as I was just going about getting ready for school, I didn't expect something like this to happen. This guy kind of gave me a part of my childhood. I remember watching Jumanji when I was a child when my dad played the DVD on the DVD player. I watched Flubber too but I don't really know what it was really going on in the movie– I was still a young child. Of course, I watched Aladdin and he played Genie in that movie. He was really funny and he made me laugh. I see him in other recent movies such as Night in the Museum, RV, Robots, Happy Feet and the most recent one I've watched was The Big Wedding. He's someone who you thought is going to be around for a long time– to me that is. I would've expected him to lead a long life and then passing away due to old age. I didn't expect him to leave this world by him committing suicide.
It was said that he was depressed– to be specific, he had bipolar disorder. One would not expect someone who is happy outwardly, who makes people laugh for a living, would be so sad inside. That's the thing about depression, it would strike anyone despite appearance and circumstance. Lena Dunham has put it very eloquently in her tweet as seen below.
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Mental health is something that we as a society needs to be educated more on. See the cartoon below.
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It's because people aren't taught on how to care for people with mental illnesses. I admit, when I was younger– not too long ago, I didn't know how to care for people with mental illnesses. I ignorantly thought that it would just go away if you just take the first step to recovery, like seeking treatment. I thought that it would not come back once you get treated, like a physical illness. You're 100% cured from it. No. It doesn't work like that. I learnt that people would slip back to whatever they are having. There would be good days and there would be bad days, they just have to live with it and find the strength to pull themselves up when they've fallen down. Or maybe I'm wrong about the entire thing because only someone who have a mental illness would have a better understanding on the whole thing.
If you feel like committing suicide or thinking about doing it– don't. Many people have talked about the aftermath of someone that have already committed suicide, be on Tumblr or Thought Catalogue. Aside from the point of view of others, think about yourself. There's so much of life that you owe yourself to experience. Live not only for your family, friends, significant others, live for yourself. You might think the world is better off without you, it's not. Remember that, if you're gone, there's no one else like you left. You're unique. You are special. You are not alone. There are people in this world who care about you. Live. Carpe Diem!
Here's the list of the world's suicide hotlines, talk to someone about it. You are not alone. Remember that.
- Gloria
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