(By Linda Evans Shepherd) I want to answer the celebrity suicide question that so many are struggling with: “If a celebrity such as Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain or Robin Williams should kill themselves, why shouldn’t I?” Here’s my answer, an answer I would have loved to have shared with our recently departed friends. Depression is like a living monster built on lies that parade through your mind, lies built for one purpose, to steal, kill and destroy the wonderful person you are. Dr. Keith Abow, a psychiatrist who has dealt with many who entertained this monster, said in an article that addressed
Robin Williams, “I would have told you to fight against the invader with everything and every resource, without pride. Deploy every weapon. And because the truth is the mortal enemy of every lie, I would have told you to get to an emergency room or call a suicide hotline or 911 and tell someone the absolute truth about all the dark thoughts you were having—yes, even the one about leaving the planet. Especially that one. Because that one is the big lie implanted in your mind by the Godforsaken charlatan, scum, named major depression. Your enemy. And mine.” I applaud Dr. Abow’s wise words, but I’d like to continue to shine truth on the lies that come with depression. READ MORE
