The Tai Lopez Show
Robin Williams' Suicide & Complicated Greatness
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:11:13
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It's amazing how big an impact Robin Williams' suicide had on society. Celebrities, presidents, musicians, little kids - the whole world noticed. For today's Book-of-the-Day I was reading Emily Herbert's, "Robin Williams - When The Laughter Stops." It made me think deeply about human happiness. The book lists different theories on the reason for Williams' suicide: money problems, bad marriages, drugs and alcohol, being bullied as a child, an absent mother, Parkinson's prescription drug side effects, a highly sensitive personality, and addiction to video games. He struggled with demons his whole life. Here are my notes: 1. You can't be delusional: "One of Williams' tragedies was that, although an exceptionally intelligent man, he couldn't see the truth about himself." 2. Video games made his depression worse: "Dr. Douglas Gentile says, 'I was expecting to find that depression leads to video gaming. But (our study) found the opposite. Depression seems to follow the video gaming. As kids became addicted the de