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Robin Williams didn’t die from suicide. I only just heard the sad, sad news of Robin Williams’s death. My wife sent me a message to tell me he had died, and, when I asked her what he died from, she told me something that nobody in the news seems to be talking about.
When people die from cancer, their cause of death can be various horrible things – seizure, stroke, pneumonia – and when someone dies after battling cancer, and people ask “How did they die?”, you never hear anyone say “pulmonary embolism”, the answer is always “cancer”. A Pulmonary Embolism can be the final cause of death with some cancers, but when a friend of mine died from cancer, he died from cancer. That was it. And when I asked my wife what Robin Williams died from, she, very wisely, replied “Depression”.
The word “suicide” gives many people the impression that “it was his own decision,” or “he chose to die, whereas most people with cancer fight to live.” And, because Depression is still such a misunderstood condition, you can hardly blame people for not really understanding. Just a quick search on Twitter will show how many people have little sympathy for those who commit suicide…
But, just as a Pulmonary Embolism is a fatal symptom of cancer, suicide is a fatal symptom of Depression. Depression is an illness, not a choice of lifestyle. You can’t just “cheer up” with depression, just as you can’t choose not to have cancer. When someone commits suicide as a result of Depression, they die from Depression – an illness that kills millions each year. It is hard to know exactly how many people actually die from Depression each year because the figures and statistics only seem to show how many people die from “suicide” each year (and you don’t necessarily have to suffer Depression to commit suicide, it’s usually just implied). But considering that one person commits suicide every 14 minutes in the US alone, we clearly need to do more to battle this illness, and the stigmas that continue to surround it. Perhaps Depression might lose some its “it was his own fault” stigma, if we start focussing on the illness, rather than the symptom. Robin Williams didn’t die from suicide. He died from Depression*. It wasn’t his choice to suffer that.
Tom Clempsom (via mollyfamous)
FINALLY PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DEPRESSION REALLY IS.
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THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER READ
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HOLY FUCK THANK YOU. HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND NOW
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She stretched, phone pressed to her ear. You could almost hear how lazy she was, like a cat. “So you’re peering in a window somewhere it seems…” Rebekah laughed softly until his words penetrated. A soft gasp escaped her lips. “I’d say that I was scandalized but I don’t want to lie.” She rolled over to dock her phone on the charger, pressing the button for speaker in the process. “Why don’t you tell me how you’d touch me?”
The sound of her breathy inhale gave Damon a sense of accomplishment, and they'd scarcely begun. Her voice then seemed farther away, until he realized she must have switched to speaker phone. "Naughty girl." He whispered under his breath, more to himself than her. "First of all.. I would have undressed you properly, and run my fingertipss over every new piece of you I uncovered. But, since you've already done that..." He tsked, as though she were a student who just barely missed the mark. "If I came in on you as I imagine you are right now, I would trail my hands up your sides to play with those.. perfect breasts you have. Kissing you all the while, biting your lips. Your skin is so soft beneath my fingers when I finally push your bra aside, so soft I can't resist making them hard, pinching and swirling my fingers around them. How does that feel, Rebekah?" His bedroom voice took on a life of its own as he imagined touching her this way.
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agingerinthesun-deactivated2014
For the next five questions my Muse can not tell a lie.
Abuse this.
“I think I’m past trying to earn points for good behavior.”
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To play the “villain,” if you will, it’s only interesting when there’s a balance. If a character is constantly sweet you’re going to have a problem with it. If a character is constantly monstrous and evil, you’re going to have a problem with it. It’s the balance that makes it relatable and human — and that’s what we want to see. You forgive [Juliette] and you understand her and you love her, because the person that she is outside of the industry is a good person, a sweet girl. But she’s been through a lot. A lot of people will say “What a bitch,” but you know what? A lot of the time, while I don’t fully agree with the way she goes about things, most of the time I agree with her opinion about the situation. I genuinely do.
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killyouwithsophisticatedcharm
muse a was a soldier - he defended the country, he trained incoming boys and girls to fight like men; taught them to fight with brutality and relentless force. muse b was a gentle spirit - a kindergarten teacher by day and a piano instructor on the weekends; she was the very image of grace and tenderness. when muse a was badly injured in a bombing at the front lines, he returns home to find a requirement that he partake in piano lessons, which will help with both is mental acuity and hand-eye coordination. Resentful at first, he attends lessons grudgingly, but there’s something about this piano teacher - there’s something about this woman that rattles his steel heart.
Volunteers
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Damon Salvatore + season 1
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"If you get her comfortable enough… She is an open book.”