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It helps me. It helps me for the same reason coming here helps me. It lets me know I'm far from alone. It lets me know it's not me or my fault. Depression can hit anyone, anywhere no matter what they do or don't have.
It also helps in regards in explaining to the people around you who can't seem to understand. "You have nothing to be sad about so pull yourself out of it." I'm sure everyone has heard that from someone. Well, Bruce Springsteen has everything anyone could ever want, but has been seeing his therapist for 30 years because it's not something you can just "will" yourself out of. His wife also admits to suffering from clinical depression. So it's clearly not about what you have, be it success, love, family or money.
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Does Bruce Springsteen's Revealing His Depression Help You?
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, Jul 25 2012 11:40 PM
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Posted 25 July 2012 - 11:45 PM
I completely agree. It always makes me feel less alone -- and also reminds me that my depression is not caused by my poverty or obscurity. 
I've always had a lot of respect for Bruce Springsteen because he's an advocate for working-class people and refuses to charge enormous ticket prices. That he's had the courage to talk about this makes me respect him more.
I also think it helps the public see depression as a valid illness when people who are successful and famous admit to suffering from it.
I've always had a lot of respect for Bruce Springsteen because he's an advocate for working-class people and refuses to charge enormous ticket prices. That he's had the courage to talk about this makes me respect him more.
I also think it helps the public see depression as a valid illness when people who are successful and famous admit to suffering from it.
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you have a right to be here."
- excerpt from Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
“Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned
with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it's their problem.”
- Ekhart Tole: from A New Earth
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Posted 26 July 2012 - 06:53 AM
I read that when it was posted in the other thread. Thanks for sharing it. It's encouraging to see someone like him speaking so honestly about it and dealing with it in a positive way.
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