Depression. It is something in our present culture we have difficulty talking about, yet each of us at one time or another have known someone or have been personally affected by depression. In the pit of darkness without a ladder, some remain frozen in this place for days, or weeks, or even years. It is the darkest night of the soul and perhaps the loneliest.
One website page cannot do justice to the significants of this topic, but perhaps it can serve to open a conversation among the men, families and friends affected by depression. ~ cb
“The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment.” In a talk equal parts eloquent and devastating, writer Andrew Solomon takes you to the darkest corners of his mind during the years he battled depression. That led him to an eye-opening journey across the world to interview others with depression — only to discover that, to his surprise, the more he talked, the more people wanted to tell their own stories. https://youtu.be/0XbuSi_-UMQ
David Burns on depression: https://youtu.be/H1T5uMeYv9Q
Kevin Breel: Confessions of a Comic https://youtu.be/C3yqXeLJ0Kg
Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life https://youtu.be/7CIq4mtiamY
Ruby Wax: What’s so funny about mental illness? https://youtu.be/mbbMLOZjUYI
Stephen Ilardi: Depression is a disease of civilization https://youtu.be/drv3BP0Fdi8
Zindel Segal: The mindful way through depression https://youtu.be/1A4w3W94ygA
Nick Vujicic: Overcoming hopelessness https://youtu.be/6P2nPI6CTlc
After playing football for four years at the University of Miami, Dwayne Johnson was passed over by the NFL. While he played for the Canadian Football League for a short time, he was ultimately cut from his team, the Calgary Stampeders, and sent packing. At 23, Dwayne found himself living in his parents’ small apartment, battling depression. https://youtu.be/y_T9Jg0U2DA
Depression and spiritual awakening — two sides of one door | Lisa Miller https://youtu.be/7c5t6FkvUG0
Other Links: Hidden Sadness 12 Signs of Depression 50 Sufferers Describe Depression for People Who’ve Never Been Depressed Grief and Men Man’s Search For Meaning 6 Ways to Build a Strong Relationship When You Live With Depression Famous People With Depression:
| A Ansel Adams John Adams Buzz Aldrin Woody Allen Hans Christian Andersen B Alec Baldwin Christian Bale Amanda Beard Ingmar Bergman Halle Berry William Blake Jon Bon Jovi Terry Bradshaw Zach Braff Russell Brand Art Buchwald Delta Burke Barbara Bush Amanda Bynes C Truman Capote Drew Carey Karen Carpenter Jim Carrey Johnny Carson Dick Cavett Raymond Chandler Ray Charles Frederic Chopin Agatha Christie Winston Churchill Louis C.K. Eric Clapton Grover Cleveland Kurt Cobain Leonard Cohen Joseph Conrad Calvin Coolidge Billy Corgan Courteney Cox Sheryl Crow D Rodney Dangerfield Bobby Darin Charles Darwin Larry David Edgar Degas Ellen DeGeneres John Denver Johnny Depp Princess Diana Charles Dickens Emily Dickinson Micky Dolenz Fyodor Dostoyevsky Kirsten Dunst Bob Dylan E Thomas Eagleton Blake Edwards T. S. Eliot Queen Elizabeth II Eminem F Colin Farrell William Faulkner Craig Ferguson Betty Ford Harrison Ford G Peter Gabriel Greta Garbo Judy Garland Paul Gauguin Marvin Gaye Paul Getty Jane Goodall Tipper Gore Francisco de Goya Spalding Gray Graham Greene Ken Griffey Jr. | H Jon Hamm Dorothy Hamill Elizabeth Hartman Anne Hathaway Goldie Hawn Ernest Hemingway Margaux Hemingway Florence Henderson Bill Hicks Audrey Hepburn Dustin Hoffman Tuomas Holopainen Sir Anthony Hopkins I Janis Ian Natalie Imbruglia J Andrew Jackson Janet Jackson Henry James William James Thomas Jefferson Richard Jeni Billy Joel Elton John Lyndon B. Johnson Samuel Johnson Angelina Jolie Ashley Judd K Franz Kafka John Keats Alicia Keys Tawny Kitaen Beyoncé Knowles Kris Kristofferson L Alan Ladd Hugh Laurie Martin Lawrence John Lennon David Letterman Richard Lewis Abraham Lincoln Heather Locklear Courtney Love M Henri Matisse Guy de Maupassant Ewan McGregor Herman Melville George Michael Michelangelo Kylie Minogue Carmen Miranda Claude Monet Marilyn Monroe Alanis Morissette Morrissey Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart N Aaron Neville Isaac Newton Friedrich Nietzsche Alfred Nobel O
Conan O’Brien Sinead O’Connor Rosie O’Donnell Tatum O’Neal Eugene O’Neill Robert Oppenheimer Ozzy Osbourne Marie Osmond Patton Oswal |
P Gwyneth Paltrow Dolly Parton T. Boone Pickens, Jr. Franklin Pierce Brad Pitt Sylvia Plath Edgar Allan Poe Jackson Pollock Lisa Marie Presley Charley Pride Richard Pryor R Sergei Rachmaninoff Christina Ricci Anne Rice Little Richard Joan Rivers John D. Rockefeller Mark Rothko J. K. Rowling RuPaul Winona Ryder S J. D. Salinger Robert Schumann Anne Sexton, Brooke Shields Charles Schulz Monica Seles Brooke Shields Sarah Silverman Anna Nicole Smith Brittany Snow Suzanne Somers Britney Spears Bruce Springsteen Gwen Stefani Rod Steiger Darryl Strawberry Donna Summer T James Taylor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Emma Thompson, Uma Thurman Leo Tolstoy Mark Twain Mike Tyson V Vincent Van Gogh Eddie Vedder Kurt Vonnegut W Mike Wallace Rick Warren George Washington Jerry West Walt Whitman Oscar Wilde Robin Williams (RIP) Tennessee Williams William Carlos Williams Brian Wilson Carnie Wilson Owen Wilson Oprah Winfrey Reese Witherspoon Virginia Woolf Y Boris Yeltsin |
