When does someone go from being All There to Losing It? What are the signs? Is there anything to be done? Alone on Saturday night I watched a biography on Marilyn Monroe. In the beginning all I felt was sadness for her, the actress. It was awful that every role she took typecast her as the dumb blond. She wanted to break out of stupid; she wanted to be taken seriously. The figures on her figure kept her just the bombshell actress. Then I felt sadness for her, the person. No one noticed her downward spiral as something cerebral; they all saw it as something celebrity. Acting up. Acting out. When she died it was an apparent “accidental” suicide. Accidental or intentional, when is suicide something to shrug off? Couldn’t anyone help her? Didn’t anyone see the signs?
I rant about this because I see this happening to someone in my makeshift community. She started out simply nice. Now, she’s simply nutty. Physically, mentally. Life is shifting around her and she’s starting to lose her balance. I see people turning their heads away to her weirdness, turning their backs on her sinking sanity until finally, they shut her out completely. Will she make the papers with her suicide? I’m scared it will be that way. The life will shift just enough, sanity will sink just enough. She’ll lose her grip completely, then lose her life. Here’s what troubles me. I remember simply nice before simply nutty. Do I see the signs?
~*LunaSea*~ 
Oh man, this is a tough one that hits close to home. I will forever feel like I didn’t do enough to help my brother. But, I know that there was nothing more I could do. A rotten vicious circle. With nightmares and memories.
Sadness for the friend you speak of.
My opinion on Marilyn was that she was killed by “them”…but what do I know…:)
You aren’t alone in that theory. All I know is that she was desperate for someone to take her seriously..before it was too late.