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The article “Why the funniest people are sometimes the saddest” written by Jim Norton explores Robin William’s incident in the wrong direction. There’s no doubt that hearing that a comedian like Robin Williams took his own life causes a stir. It’s paradoxical. A man who can make others laugh isn’t happy himself. Although, saying that comedians tend to be sad gives sense of humor a dark image and this is not true. Indeed, people who are funny are hypersensitive observers of the world. Since they can see both negative and positive sides of the world, and are still skilled enough for make a good use of it. In other words, they’re able to mention bad things and use their baggage of timing, tone, context, and vocabulary, to make rough things look safe and funny. A lot of people seek …show more content…
When in fact, genetic has influence in mental disorders. Prof Cathryn Lewis, a researcher from the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre explains: mental health disorders are a cumulative loading of genetic. Depression is developed due to approximately 40% genetic and 60% environment. As an illustration someone can be a good observer, have a predisposition to be depressed and still not being funny at all. Likewise, if someone is a good observer and hilarious, they still need the genetic susceptibility to develop depression. In short, it’s a combination of factors. On balance, humor is a positive thing. At last, there’s a fairly bright side to society of the grief of Robin Williams: the realization that depression manifests differently in everyone at different times. While discussing if all comedians might be mentally ill, an important point is being forgotten: depressed people don’t look sad all the time and can have a sense of humor. It's an appropriate approach to debate the stereotypes of mental health and not to attempt to create one to

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