Robin Williams' Advice For People Who Are Depressed Is Really Touching And Important

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.upworthy.com/robin-williams-advice-for-people-who-are-depressed-is-really-touching-and-important?c=reccon1

There's been a quote going around attributed to Robin Williams that goes as follows: "You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." Here's where it came from. He was performing at the Roxy in 1978 for a brand new comedy special on a little known network called HBO. In the audience were a surprising group of people. Henry Winkler (The Fonz), Tony Danza before he was famous, and even John Ritter, who does a weird round of improv with Williams at the end of the video.

I've included just the moment that sort of kept me sane as a kid. It helped me justify how weird I was. It's a delightful 5 minutes. If you'd like to watch the whole special, excerpts of which were used to create his first album, "Reality ... What A Concept," you can start it from the beginning.

Trigger warning: discussion of suicidal thoughts. If you decide to start reading my personal story here, please read through the end.

FULL story at link.

[tk2kewl]

1. the short portion of the performance referenced is available at the link

and well worth watching