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Originally Posted by rusnak
Nostatic,
My theory on RW is that he never was allowed to hit bottom. He never was forced to learn how to deal with his pain. People around him would tell him how good he was, but obviously this is not what he needed. Depression is something that will kill you if you let it. Deciding for your loved ones that they are better off without you is the ultimate selfish act that there is. People with depression really don't want sympathy. They just want to get better. They must acquire the skill and ability to deal with their pain. Feel sorry for him? No. Feel sorry for his daughter? Hell yes. He took the coward's way out.
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Hitting Bottom? NO! Responsibility..not really
Everybody is dealt a hand of cards in life, and sometimes that hand has a lot of pain and sadness in it. There is no promise of happiness in life. That pain is part and parcel of who you are and you can not run from it. You can not be somebody else. If you come to terms with that pain then you can have peace of mind and an carry on with your life and you might even find some happiness.
When Mr Williams was "ON" with his gregarious persona (which he used to hide the pain), nobody saw the sadness or pain behind the mask. After awhile everybody expected him to be "on" which was something that he could not escape.
One day one thinks that Mr Williams came to the realization that he did not have the will or ability to turn off the switch of being a funny guy of always being on. To turn off the switch just to be himself which was full of sadness. Since he could not bear to wear the mask of being a funny guy anymore and could not turn it off. So the only way out was to cease being, to end it all.
To whit Sandy a week and a half before she died of Cancer at 68 said while clenching her fist and softly hitting the sofa, "Ted I am dying, and it is not fair." Which means that she appreciated what a precious gift life is, and she knew it was being cut short. The last cogent thing Sandy said to me in a barely audible voice was, "Ted I am so sick." After that Sandy was in another world/place before she died.
So in the end one does think that Mr Williams did take the easy way out