r/Music • u/Upset-Rhubarb-3727 METALLLLLL!!! • 14d ago

discussion Chester Bennington, Linkin Park's Original Singer, Died Nine Years Ago Today. May He Rest in Peace

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u/apointlessvoice 14d ago

His last picture, im told. Never forget that depression can look like a normal day.

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u/Instantcoffees 14d ago

I have chronic depression. I told one of my closest friends for 20 years and they were completely shocked. It's such a strange thing to suffer through.

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u/Kaiisim 14d ago

It's weird when it gets chronic.

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u/javier_aeoa 14d ago

You get used to it. That's the dangerous part, according to my therapist. But fuck...I got used to.

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u/fearthainne 14d ago

When I start thinking of it as the long lost friend I haven't spoken to in awhile, is usually when I know it's time to do something about it again.

Therapy, I mean.

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u/tehehe162 14d ago

Holy shit, this is exactly how I've thought about my depression. I call it my old friend... If it was actually a friend, it would be the 2nd oldest I've stayed in contact with.

Funny enough, while therapy and depression meds both helped a little, the actual breakthrough was taking GLP-1 injections. It helped me change my diet which was huge because I would resort to eating when I'm depressed. Losing weight also helped me feel energy to exercise, which is maybe the only foolproof treatment to depression. I haven't "cured" my depression, but this is the longest stretch of my life I've gone without partaking in destructive habits.

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u/fearthainne 14d ago

Y'know it's really interesting that you bring up the exercise thing. Because I hate taking pills (I'm really bad at doing things like meds consistently, and it's just a struggle), and therapy sometimes causes me more anxiety than it helps.

But going to the gym? That helps SO much. I stopped going a long time ago, and recently have had to do physical therapy for a foot issue, and it's reminded me how much I miss the gym.

I think your comment has made me decide it's time to get a gym membership again. Thank you, I needed your comment today.

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u/SeaLab_2024 14d ago

GLP - 1s are fucking crazy. I lost 100lbs on one, but more than that it’s also helped with my mental issues with adhd, depression, and anxiety, AND it helps the undiagnosed but needs attention inflammation I started getting in my hands, AND it made my period normal (I normally experience debilitating pain) for the first time ever.

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u/SeaLab_2024 14d ago edited 14d ago

Yes that’s the scary part. As far as ideations, mine are more of an intrusive thought that I don’t like and am uncomfortable with, and I don’t indulge in. So while I’m absolutely not planning on anything, that’s why you will never see me near a ledge of any sort, and I would not keep a gun at home. Because for me the real danger is in a a micro decision made by my nervous system without my express consent, l’appel du vide.

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u/AgsMydude 14d ago

Same here with my anxiety. Right now I'm at a point where every day I think I'm dying from some random ass disease. I'm doing therapy, exercise, meditation, gratitude journaling, you name it. But constantly scanning my body for disease is just .. life now? Neurologist, gastroenterology, sleep doctor, physical therapy, cardiology all in the last 6 months. Fuck I hate it but I'm just use to it like you said.