Robin Williams’ son, Zak, is starting a mental health business – nine years after the comedy legend’s death

Robin Williams’ son Zak uses the trauma he suffered after his father’s death to help others.

The 40-year-old actor and producer co-founded a supplement company called PYM, which stands for Prepare Your Mind. Pym is also the entrepreneur’s middle name.

The products include chewable tablets, pills and powders.

After the late comedian’s death by suicide in 2014 at the age of 63, Zak recounted CBS NewsLos Angeles he was diagnosed with “complex post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and depression.”

Robin had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the time of his death.

Help Others: Zak, the son of Robin Williams, uses the trauma he suffered after his father’s death to help others. He launched a supplement company called PYM that promoted the use of amino acids to improve gut and mental health

According to the Oscar winner’s widow, Susan Schneider, he experienced depression, anxiety and increasing paranoia.

The National Institute on Aging reports ‘mental and behavioral changes, sleep problems, depression’ are symptoms of the degenerative condition.

According to the PYM website, Olivia suggested to Zak that she try the amino acid nutritional supplements she had been taking to regulate her mood.

The Cleveland Clinic says amino acids “break down food” and “grow and repair body tissue.”

They also “create hormones and brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) and support a normal digestive system,” among other benefits.

PYN’s co-founder and CEO said he was initially skeptical that the change in his gut microbiome could have such an impact on his mind.

He revealed that his anxiety improved within two days of starting the supplements and his depression got better within two weeks.

An article from February 2022 in Sciencereported: “People with … mood disorders, for example, are deficient in certain key bacteria in their guts.”

Depression: Zak, 40, said he suffered from complex post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and depression, “following the death of his father by suicide in 2014 at age 63 (seen here with the late actor and his sister Zelda, 33 , in April 2006)

Lawyer: Zak has become a staunch mental health advocate after the death of his father and often travels to various conferences to talk about the importance of mental wellbeing

Family: Zak and his wife, Olivia Jane, are the parents of Mickey, four, and Zola, two. Olivia co-founded PYM with Zak after benefiting from amino acid therapy to regulate her mood. Zak said they want to continue ‘helping people find healing and happiness’

Zak has been an ardent mental health advocate since his father’s death and often traveled to various conferences to talk about the importance of mental wellbeing.

‘I think a term that really appeals to me is ‘post-traumatic growth’. How can we find ways to heal ourselves so that we can help and support others?’ he explained.

“There is unnecessary suffering as a result of not knowing the full toolkit at hand that you can use to manage mental well-being,” he said, adding that he hoped to remove the stigma surrounding mental health.

Zak and Olivia, the parents of Mickey, four, and Zola, two, explained his passion for helping.

“With my own perspective, but that’s how I try to continue doing what we love to do in our family, which is to be helpful and help people find healing and happiness.”