Robin Williams, Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain.

Stories which ended far too soon.

There is unfortunately a long history of those in the public eye who take their own lives.

And while we can’t know exactly what was happening inside them, there is a sad thread of mental illness prevalent in these people.

They are not just celebrities and stars and in the public eye, they are humans.

Humans, people with their own individual problems and issues and struggles.

We are all the protagonist of our own stories.

Everyone is going through something and you just can’t know what it is for everyone else.

I live every day with generalized anxiety disorder.

I know exactly how much it effects me and feel it every single day.

Yet I certainly cannot presume to know what others feel and experience.

Mental illnesses are a deeply personal, insidious, invisible disease which have the potential to take over your life.

It still feels like our society, our world, does not take mental illness seriously.

In law enforcement and the military, seeing a therapist or being on mental health medications can be a bad thing for your career — would…