He lived a lie.

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Living a lie? I call it having a private life.

Many comedians suffer from depression. From all reports, Williams was extremely uncomfortable being alone, or even in a a one-on-one situation. And yes, it is reported he suffered from depression.

Why do you feel he should have shared this with the general public? His private medical issues were just that: PRIVATE. He was an entertainer and a brilliant one...he brought joy and happiness into countless lives.

He was beyond depressed for several years, you think anyone with it that severe wouldn't be swearing backstage randomly for no reason while blabbing to himself being recorded before the 2002 Broadway Show DVD? He did it like 5 times. He couldn't have hated living more. Depression and disguising it with making fun of every random stupid little thing radiated from him. Cussing didn't stop him from killing himself. Like it was so important to include in every sentence...

He was beyond depressed for several years, you think anyone with it that severe wouldn't be swearing backstage randomly for no reason while blabbing to himself being recorded before the 2002 Broadway Show DVD? He did it like 5 times. He couldn't have hated living more. Depression and disguising it with making fun of every random stupid little thing radiated from him. Cussing didn't stop him from killing himself. Like it was so important to include in every sentence...

You've been babbling insanely for a couple of years now on this subject. Presumably that means you're not long for this world as well.

He could have been depressed for years all the while making movies and going to premiers, meeting fans, signing autographs - that is what you call living a lie.It's called "being professional." It's no different than the secretary who's going through a divorce and is struggling to deal with an autistic child, but who doesn't let that color her performance at work representing the company. Her cheerful, "XYZ Widgets! How may I help you?" doesn't let you see her private life, nor does it indicate "living a lie." It's how it's done.

Robin was a consummate professional. Period.

When evil is viewed as good, righteousness is viewed as evil.

Humor is often a person's way to mask depression. In fact, many people develop great sense of humor due to severe depression at a certain point in their lives.

Having said that - it's not exactly a lie, but rather a natural way in which a person's mind deals with trauma. If he wasn't working - if he wasn't joking all the time, he most likely would have offed himself a long time ago, since his mind wouldn't have been able to cope with depression otherwise.

Here is the kicker though - he WAS being treated - https://www.cchrint.org/2014/11/10/robin-williams-was-on-drugs-at-the-time-of-his-death-antidepressant-drugs/

And him being on anti-depressants might have been the cause of his suicide (anti-depressants are fun at first, but when they wear off, they cause you to feel 10 times more suicidal than you would have been otherwise).

He was not just ''depressed'' he had an aggressive Parkinson's variant that included symptoms of dementia. He did what he felt he had to do.

Apparently, he actually had Lewy body dementia, which had been misdiagnosed as Parkinson's Disease. Such conditions, as well as clinical depression, are medical matters, not something to judge somebody about.

In any case, in spite of his struggles, his work brought joy to a lot of people.