Robin Williams: The Fight Within Inner Demons

For Robin...

Life is not a fairy tale because for every happy story, sadness also comes in

the way. For actor and comedian Robin William, his depression began after his first 

role in the late 1970’s “Mork and Mindy”, fans and viewers had high expectations for 

Robin Williams. His charismatic, overjoyed, and sense of humor made him the most 

requested actor of his time.  The stress and rapid growth in the industry made him 

become very good friends with cocaine and alcohol. This were the only two things 

that will actually slow him down, however, these are also the two things that led him 

to depression and to his suicide in 2014. He battled with drug and alcohol addiction 

for many years, until the traumatic death of his best friend helped him overcome the 

battle, yet the cure wasn’t permanent. After two decades of

sobriety, he relapsed, this was the first time he contemplated suicide. His inner 

demons spoke to him and asked him to jump from a precipice, yet in his heart he 

knew he was destine to a much happier life. His story was not ready to end. So, 

instead of ending his life that day, he concentrated on his career by injecting himself 

into his characters. Sometimes too much that friends and family didn’t recognize the 

real Robin, or the fact that he was battling with severe depression.  But, why were 

we unable to oversee his illness? After all, he was a Hollywood star: Always in the 

eyes of the media and constantly harassed by his fans. Why didn’t he ask for help?  

The answer is simple: his family, fans, and the media set high expectations for him 

and he didn’t want the world to see him as a weak person. The man who put a smile 

in our face every time we saw him on television, the clown, the nanny, the president 

wax figure, the person that inspired and raised our human spirit was falling into a 

black hole and never came back. The world wanted a piece of Robin and we took it.

R.I.P Robin Williams 1951-2014