News Story Tears of a clown

[Fighting back]

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/#!/content/1.2733770

RIP Robin Williams.

Really don't know what to say. He was one of us.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2014/08/11/robin_williams_a_clown_with_a_dark_side.html

This struck a nerve. I'm sure there will be plenty of media dissection of his death. Remarkable how success will still not banish the demons. The world has become a little less.

[Lizzy]

Very sad to lose such an amazing person.

[Christina]

RIP Robin Williams

He was a wonderful soul.

[Determined]

He could make me laugh in my darkest moments

[uni]

O captain... this one hurts

[Lizzy]

O captain... this one hurts

my favourite loved that film and his great talent.

[Fighting back]

Little bit of aftermath.

http://flavorwire.com/472027/robin-williams-and-the-myth-of-battling-depression

Well worth reading the links at the end of the article.

[uni]

Interesting reading, Fighting back.

It seems to me there are so many takes on whether depression is this or that or the other, including the one in the article. I doubt that it will ever be truly explained or understood. How do you communicate the overwhelming feelings of severe depression by way of words? And yet we try, by blogging or other means, because once in a while someone hears and relates, once in a while someone can be educated, once in a while we can make a difference.

The article raises the subject of fighting depression. Can one "fight" depression? Can one "fight" cancer? I figure you can fight anything, and it may or may not help your cause. If you believe in fighting depression and that's what works for you, I say go for it!

What works for me is to see it as living "with" an illness, rather than fighting "against" an illness. I look at my depression as something that goes into remission, as many chronic illnesses do, and then shows itself again until the next remission.