Bhairitu, I associate depression with Saturn in a chart. Not sure what the significators of humor are. But it's gotta be there somewhere, and a link between them.
>From another perspective, I've recently been introduced to a lot of medical >thinkers who are taking a very biochemical approach to psychological states. >Including how to eat to balance hormones and release neurotransmitters related >to positive moods. Since Williams seemed to have a sweet family life, I tend to think it was the downturn in his career that lead him back into addiction. I think such a fall is very hard on a man. May he RIP... On Monday, August 11, 2014 8:55 PM, "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: The reason some people turn to comedy as a career is to relieve deep depression. As local comic Brian Copeland, who was just interviewed on the radio, quipped, "ask 100 comics to raise their hands if they suffer depression. There will be 99 hands raised and one liar." Copeland himself has had recent bouts with depression. On 08/11/2014 06:43 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: >I read recently that people are unhappiest when they have high expectations. I >wonder if Williams fell into this category. His career seemed quite stalled >recently and it must be difficult to go from a peak of stardom to occasional >bit roles in unremarkable films. I do marvel at stars who seem to lead fairly >normal lives and don't get sucked into all the hype. > > > > >On Monday, August 11, 2014 8:30 PM, "s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" ><FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > >Re "While its impossible to say for sure that it would have prevented it, what >if Williams had learned TM during his last visit to a rehab center earlier >this year?": > > >TM has a poor record for combating depression. It's good for anxiety - which >is a different issue. > > >Given that Robin Williams and Philip Seymour Hoffman had it all but went for >the immediate suicide option and the slow-death (heroin) option respectively >you have to wonder why people find it so difficult to find peace of mind in >our contemporary societies. I strongly suspect it's because we've lost all >sense of a shared community (ignoring artificial flag-waving occasions like >the Olympics) and the isolation finally becomes too much. > > >
