TABS, as with most/ all of your posts, I really
want to say that I agree, but this is such a stream of consciousness, scattershot post, I really can't say that you have a point to agree with. RW had a lot of pain in his life. That is my Captain Obvious statement. He dealt with it poorly. Ok - what I am saying is that he didn't reach the turnaround point. He just veered off and crashed and burned. A lot of people hit bottom. They lose everything, and then their recovery starts. Addiction, narcism, histrionic behavior, etc are all reactions to pain of some sort, and they make depression harder to deal with.
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Originally Posted by tabs
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
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