His
death just makes me feel so sad and empty.
It seemed so senseless. He
reportedly died from suicide, and was battling depression in recent
months. How can the funniest man on
earth feel so lost to the point where they feel the only way out of the pain is
to end their life?
It
makes no sense. No sense at all. I suffer from depression and feelings of inadequacy
and loathing, but never to the point where I wanted to kill myself. What makes a person get to the point where
the only option they have is death? To
leave their family with the fallout of suicide and loss? I guess that can only be answered by someone
who has been through that depth of pain and despair.
I
can fully understand that people think that someone with depression should just
“get over it.” But depression doesn’t
work that way. It’s not something that you
can just “snap out of.” It’s not that
someone with depression wants to feel happy all the time. They sincerely hate themselves and their life
so much that they question the value of their worth as a human being.
Mental illness is a disease - and even the rich and famous are not immune.
