Rip: Robin Williams. #Depressionlies

Some generations recollect where they were WWII started together with ended, when Kennedy got shot. 
For me, I recollect where I was when I constitute out nearly The Challenger disaster, Princess Diana dying, JFK Jr's plane crashing,the Twin Towers falling together with I volition e'er recollect where I was together with what  I was doing when I outset heard the tidings nearly Robin Williams. 
I'm writing nearly Robin's passing today, non because I knew him, I didn't.  
I never had the pleasance of coming together him, but I certain wishing I had. Like many, I felt similar I knew him a niggling bit, because I grew upward watching him together with laughing amongst him - And learning from him. 
I'm writing nearly Robin Williams today because he made me express joy together with larn together with proper name  - And I can't halt thinking nearly what happened to him together with the reasons why he left this earth.
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Words to alive by.
Photo courtesy of robinwilliams.com

I didn’t desire to believe what I idea I’d only heard the Newscaster country together with I was hoping amongst all my pump that I was wrong. 

30 seconds into the closing of the CBS eve tidings together with I was no long paying attention. Instead I was looking at my reckoner screen, non my television set covert together with reading my Facebook scroll, only because. 

And together with therefore I thought I’d heard the announcer verbalise something along the lines of: There are unconfirmed reports on the overstep of honey comedian Robin Williams, we’ll guide maintain to a greater extent than on this story every bit it develops. 

And I yelled “NO,” outloud to my empty living room. 

NO, It couldn’t live on true. Not Robin Williams. Please non him, non the human being who e'er made me express joy together with proper name together with who fostered my love rainbow suspenders every bit a gangly non therefore cool plane schoolhouse girl. NO, NO, NO. 

 I immediately googled the information together with constitute several headings nether the theme re: an mesh hoax -  And I breathed a sigh of relief, until I clicked on Googles Search Tools bar together with clicked on ‘Web’, and the sub heading, ‘Past Hour.’ That’s when I saw the coroners portion Press Release from Marin County together with the headline on Variety.com stating that he’d passed away.

Tears started to autumn on my laptop together with and therefore together with every bit if on cue, The CBS Evening News interrupted the outset 10 minutes of Entertainment Tonight to officially study his death. 

It was at the 2d all the world’s hearts broke collectively and it was therefore effing palpable - You could experience the grief daze together with awe across the bandwidth. 

Millions of broken hearts sent their love to his theatre unit of measurement via social media - together with shared their feelings of loss amongst ane or therefore other - And that's yet going on every bit I type this post. 

I spent a lot of fourth dimension terminal nighttime reading Facebook together with twitter posts that made me cry. 

I couldn’t slumber terminal nighttime for diverseness of reasons together with I wishing yesterday had never happened. 

To me Robin Williams was the someone who made it OK to live on different. 

He made it OK to express joy at yourself together with he continually reinforced the ability of laughter together with empathy throughout his career.  

And Robin Williams made it OK to vesture rainbow suspenders. 

OK, peradventure non the coolest fashion selection for today's tween, but every bit gangly ix yr sometime who was dissimilar both pancreatically and personality wise, Robin Williams made it absolutely acceptable for me to march to my ain beat.

And his Rainbow suspenders became both the uniform together with a badge of coolness for everyone, peculiarly for those of us who were decidedly different.

And Robin Williams was the human being that my parents (who had 43 & 49 years, respectively to my 9,) together with I would spotter together  - And he'd guide maintain us howling, together every bit family. That was BIG. 

He made our theatre unit of measurement laugh, peculiarly during those times when nosotros wanted to proper name - And he made us express joy until nosotros cried.   

From all accounts, Robin Williams was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than form than he was funny. 

Think nearly that for a 2d - He was incredibly gifted when it came to comedy together with drama for that matter, but his many acts of kindness were only every bit legendary together with endearing.

This “character,” was an extraordinary together with compassionate human being who had a wonderful character.   

Robin Williams struggled amongst depression together with addiction and was open regarding his struggles with both inward interviews.   

For ane brief 2d on August 11th, depression won out together with Robin Williams took his ain life. 

I abhor it - I abhor that it happened - I abhor that his depression won.

I promise he's constitute peace and I'm hoping together with praying for his theatre unit of measurement together with I volition locomote along to create therefore for a really long time. 

And I promise (and I know my purpose of the give-and-take "hope" is redundant, but it's the alone give-and-take that fits together with I'm all for asset on to hope,) that his scrap volition smoothen the spotlight together with take the stigma of this terrible illness called Depression. 

Depression isn’t a grapheme flaw or a weakness. 

Depression is a really existent illness together with is both genetic together with generational, much similar diabetes together with pump disease. 

Depression manifests itself both physically together with mentally together with it’s tendrils achieve out together with wound every unmarried someone it touches.

As a Kunik, I empathize what depression tin give notice do. 

I’ve dealt amongst depression together with I’ve lost loved ones to depression.

Depression tin give notice line yous downwards therefore deep that yous believe that you’ll never live on able to acquire up.  Here's the thing: #Depressionlies. 

You volition live on able to acquire dorsum up. 

But yous volition involve up.

Asking for assist is actually difficult together with it's actually fucking brave together with wonderful together with it’s OK. 

So acquire ahead together with inquire for help. 

If someone yous love (or know inward passing for that matter,) suffers from depression, is showing signs of depression, or has position upward a wall betwixt the public together with themselves every bit of late, delight achieve out to them. 

And if yous endure from depression together with are inward house that’s non good, PLEASE achieve out to  someone yous love together with trust, or telephone telephone the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) together with inquire for help. 

The public is such a improve house amongst yous in. 

I'm doing my best to live on kinder today on many levels.

To banking concern check inward on friends, to function together with live on patient together with allow things acquire that aren't important. 

Tonight I volition live on watching or therefore Robin Williams movies that volition remind me of all the wonderful lessons he taught all of us over the years - And I volition create my best to bring his words to pump together with position them into activity