Hey I know everyone is finally talking about the subject of Mental Illness right now as a result of Robin William’s suicide. I want to tell everyone in advance that what I am about to say is railing against the media institutions. For years now, I have watched the news, over and over again say a DERANGED MENTALLY ILL GUNMAN KILLS so and so over and over, increasing the stigma patients feel to levels that I would say raise the SHUNNING of the mentally ill to the levels of the 1930’s. And as a result people HIDE in PAIN and FEAR of consequences of being found out. People will not get help. People do not say, ” what do you have the FLU about?” Yet they do say, ” why do you have depression?” You cannot see a brain disorder really. What do you have CANCER about? Same thing. I am glad perhaps, this turnabout in the media with ROBIN may shed some better light on the subject. I can see that he may have turned to alcohol for medication, tho he sobered up for a long time. I believe that the work he did charitably was , in part, to keep his own sobriety and sanity. Unfortunately, this news did not surprise me that he ended his life. I saw it coming. Yes, he was brilliant, tho I do not romanticize being BiPolar at all. I am grateful to still have my life, and to try to clean up after the messes I have made, cherish every moment, and not live in regret, remorse, and bitterness. I am saddened that Depression has taken another life. God Bless You All!