When The Illness You Live With Becomes Breaking News

When The Illness You Live With Becomes Breaking News
Actor Robin Williams arrives at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Actor Robin Williams arrives at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

I struggle with depression, and I am very sad about Robin Williams. Not because of that scene from Good Will Hunting, but because he was yet another person who couldn’t live anymore with this disease I am living with.

There were a lot of comments on Twitter about how much Robin Williams was loved and what a shame that he didn’t know it. I didn’t know Robin Williams, but I bet he did know that he was loved. I know that I am loved. Maybe not on a Robin Williams scale, but I have friends and family who would do anything for me, and I absolutely know this. But there comes a point where love does not matter.

Need help? In the U.S., call 1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

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