Since it may matter to some: I just saw this about Robin Williams

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Apparently, he killed himself because he was already doomed - a bittersweet final act of self-determination.

[Vidmaster7]

That is sad. maybe slightly less sad Then the original story. Robin Williams was one of the few celebrity deaths that got to me.

[Rysky]

*nods*

Yeah, the depression certainly didn't help, and it will forever be heartbreaking, but he decided to go out on his own terms.

[Corathonv2]

Rysky wrote:

*nods*

Yeah, the depression certainly didn't help, and it will forever be heartbreaking, but he decided to go out on his own terms.

That wasn't the impression that I received from the linked story. It didn't seem like a considered decision on Williams' part but rather the consequence of a terrible mental disease which wasn't even diagnosed until after his death.

[Rysky]

Corathonv2 wrote:

Rysky wrote:

*nods*

Yeah, the depression certainly didn't help, and it will forever be heartbreaking, but he decided to go out on his own terms.

That wasn't the impression that I received from the linked story. It didn't seem like a considered decision on Williams' part but rather the consequence of a terrible mental disease which wasn't even diagnosed until after his death.

He was actually misdiagnosed as having Parkinsons before his death, from what I remember.

[Freehold DM]

Damn. Damn.

[David knott 242]

Lewy Body Disease is indistinguishable from Parkinson's Disease until the dementia sets in, so I am not sure that it was a misdiagnosis.