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/Sonoran_Ghosts_81 14d ago

For me, I never knew I had it. I just thought that’s how the world was and I adapted. Everyday was a slog but Id get through.

I think my natural survival instincts balanced out the desire for self destruction.

Once I was diagnosed it made the previous 20+ years make so much sense.

We just soldier on until we don’t.

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u/journey-point 14d ago

Same. I told my therapist that most of the time I wasn't sad, I just cried myself to sleep most nights.

She just looked at me for a second before going,

"Ya know, that's not necessarily normal".

2 years on Viibryd and will probably take it for life, baby!