I've seen a lot of discussion on social media about the reporting of how Robin Williams was found, and I cannot conclude how I feel about it. SO many tabloids have had stories about his death splash all over supermarkets, new stands, street corners, everywhere. People in society DO believe tabloids - never doubt that fact. So conversation is going to rotate around society whether you read the articles or not, whether you have respect for the actor of not. Sadly it's the price of being in the public eye, not necessarily just famous.

Personally, I would rather read a factual account, and then whenever all the various stories are discussed, I know what I have read to be factual.

Not long ago there was a murder case in Perth where all the front page headlines & news reports in Perth showed how the woman was buried, right down to the position of her body. She was disposed of. At the time I remember thinking, that you continue to wear the consequences of the crime long after the act is committed. I never knew this woman, but I will always have a visual of how she was thrown in the ground & buried. I was given the visual of her being treated with no respect, like a piece of meat.

When I read the sheriffs report on how Robin Williams was found & what he had done, there wasn't that same intrusion I felt into his person. I more wondered what was going through his mind that he could methodically perform the act. What demons were at play in his head at that time. Which then got me thinking about the person standing next to me. What outwardly signs would that person show, that they were going to end their life. Robin must have known, that being the large as life person he was, that it would be talked about. I keep thinking, maybe that's what he wanted. Maybe he had enough, but wanted it to be talked about. "it" being that we can be pushed to these limits. So my visual of Robin wont be of a lifeless body, but him thinking "I've had enough". That maybe I should be thinking that the person standing next to me, could be thinking the same. So maybe I should smile at him, just to let him know it's not all that bad.  Unrealistic...maybe.

But the publishing of the report had me asking more questions, than the answers that it provided,.

Anyway.... I just wanted to share my thoughts on this.