First I must say
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just1Hitch — 18 years ago(March 22, 2008 12:49 PM)
Thank you, wwjmmr, your impressive analysis offers much "food for thought" and I admit that a connection is possible. I appreciate your making the effort to enlighten us on this subject. I have no professional background in this area but do have a family member living with depression.
I don't think I want to go to the pictures. Oh?Why not? I've seen everything worth seeing. -
SNartwork_4_U — 17 years ago(June 06, 2008 12:00 AM)
Wow.
Never had I thought when I posted this topic that it would generate such thought provoking replies. I am very intrigued esspecially by your response 'wwmmjr'. Very interesting notions and thoughts you bing up on the subject.
And just to clear the air, when I mentioned Mrs. Hartman chose to end her life right after performing in 'The Secret of NIMH', I did not mean that in a literal sense, but I suppose that's my fault for not saying what I mean. I meant to imply that 'The Secret of NIMH' was the last film she had done before choosing to take her own life.
To this day, even after learning of her untimely death, I am still deeply saddened to think that we lost such a talented actress to such a senseless act and for me personally, her role in 'The Secret of NIMH' 2000will always be my favorite performance that she gave us. Such hope, determination, bravery, and love was put into that performance from just the sound of her voice alone and to me (as much as many may disagree or simply snub it off as just a 'kids film') it will always be in my opinion her greatest work.
Perhaps, such a powerful performance was driven by her inner struggles with depression and her emotional illness? Who knows. And it is such a shame that no one ever will.
Kudos to Don Bluth, his team, and everyone involved with 'The Secret of NIMH' for creating such a heart driven and marvelous masterpiece of story telling. It really does not get as much credit as it deserves in showing us that not all animated features are simply just sing and dancing happy animals, but can also appeal to everyone and show us worlds where not everything is rainbows and sunshine, but can be just as real and moving as life is. -
hoboboxerjoe — 15 years ago(June 04, 2010 08:02 AM)
I totally agree with your post! I have felt extremely sucidal myself. And people who generalize those who've tried to commit sucide into thinking we are "taking the easy way out." etc. They need to realize that it always feels like the last choice, that actually living and staying unhappy is in fact a slow and painful way to die, sometimes. Not many would demand a cancer patient (which I am, as well) to go through the treatments if there was no way they would survive anyway. It is needlessly painful. Some people have an "emotional cancer" for lack of a better analogy.
I personally suffered PTSD from having to shoot and kill two men who tried to kill me in a home invasion. I seriously slept just fine for months after the event (I've been in real combat before, and I've seen people die before, so maybe that had something to do with it), but between the cancer and these events. It sure built up! I go weeks, sometimes, without leaving my dinky, stuffy, nasty, apartment. Haven't had a relationship in a year, etc. And of course, waiting for my dsiability settlement. So it's not like I can take anyone's advice on ANYTHING that costs money.
Point is, you can feel really stuck, even with a loving support system. I honestly don't know how I've made it as I have very few friends and family that check in on me anymore, must be because I'm autistic as well, haha. -
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SnoozeAlarm — 13 years ago(November 26, 2012 09:22 PM)
When I had reseached her career and read up long ago that she had died in such a tragic way right after this film (by way of suicide, from leaping to her death) I was crushed.
so was she
I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man with no sole.
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