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Tag Archives: Suicide
Imaginary Heroes (2004) by Dan Harris
When a family's son commits suicide, they learn to live with his loss -- and with each other
“Imaginary Heroes” is director Dan Harris’s 2004 film about a family’s struggle to cope with the suicide of its youngest son. Each of the film’s characters brings a very real, complicated response to the table: there’s the mother Sandy (played … Continue reading
History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life by Jill Bialosky
An emotionally-charged and informative memoir of the author’s quest to understand what led to her youngest sister’s suicide
When news of Robin Williams’ suicide broke, I was already immersed in reading Jill Bialosky’s History of a Suicide, a beautiful, emotionally charged and highly informative memoir of her trying to come to terms and understand what led her youngest … Continue reading
Robin Williams Committed Suicide: In the Past, Would He Have Died In An Insane Asylum?
Perhaps we need to reconsider our approach to depression
It’s hard for me to not write about suicide today. Robin Williams just committed suicide, grabbing our national attention, but for me it hits closer to home. You see my whole life, I’ve happily surrounded myself with creative types and … Continue reading
Robin Williams: A Sad Death by Suicide
His publicist reports he had been suffering from depression
Being that SevenPonds is located in San Francisco, the home of Robin Williams, we are incredibly saddened to hear the news of his suicide at the age of 63. We were aware he’d been suffering from depression for some time … Continue reading
Posted in Just Passed
Tagged Did Robin Williams Have Children?, How Many Children Did Robin Williams Have?, Michigan, Robin Williams Children, Robin Williams Dies, Robin Williams Home Town Bloomfield Hills, Robin Williams Suicide, Robin Williams Wives, Suicide, Was Robin Williams Married?
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August: Osage County by John Wells
How funerals can create the most intense family stress ever
It would be easy to say August: Osage County was a great film and it was, but the truth is, it was also incredibly stressful to watch. It takes place over just a few weeks yet its densely-packed chock full of … Continue reading
Embracing Death with the Jain Ritual of Santhara
A look at the spiritually liberating Jain ritual of fasting to death at the end of life
For most of us, learning to embrace death is the most difficult challenge of our lives. We all die, whether we want to or not. Many of us may find out more about ourselves in our final moments than we … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged Buddhism, Death, Hospice, India, Jain, Jainism, Karma, Karma reincarnation, Mental health, Santhara, Suicide
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