Bruce Springsteen Reveals His Mental Health Issues

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- Springsteen with wife Patti and their 3 children.
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'Bruce Springsteen Reveals He Suffers From Mental Health Issues,' Photos, OK Magazine, *Nov. 27, 2018.

Bruce Springsteen revealed in an interview with Esquire that he has been in a lifelong battle with mental health. The “Born to Run” singer said a lot of his issues stemmed from his volatile relationship with his father, but he credited music with helping him through his darkest days. Bruce, 69, said he entered his sixties with “a crippling depression.” He credited his Broadway show, Springsteen on Broadway, for giving him peace as he nears his seventies.

“When I was a child, and into my teens I felt like a very, very empty vessel. And it wasn’t until I began to fill it up with music that I began to feel my own personal power and my impact on my friends and the small world that I was in. I began to get some sense of myself. But it came out of a place of real emptiness,” he said.

He further explained that sense of emptiness in his 2016 autobiography Born to Run. In the book, he wrote, “My father was very dismissive of primarily who I was. And that sends you off on a lifelong quest to sort through that.” Bruce also revealed that his father Doug Springsteen was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.

Bruce said his first breakdown happened when he was 32 years old around the time he released his sixth studio album, Nebraska. “I have come close enough to mental illness where I know I am not completely well myself,” he said...

- More, https://okmagazine.com/photos/bruce-springsteen-mental-health-issues/
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- Beneath The Surface of Bruce Springsteen, Esquire Magazine, 2018,
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a25133821/bruce-springsteen-interview-netflix-broadway-2018/
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- Bruce Springsteen's Brutally Honest Autobiography, 2016, The Sun (I know),
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1866550/bruce-springsteens-brutally-honest-autobiography-reveals-a-side-of-the-boss-the-world-has-never-seen-before/



- Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. I read his autobiography

I highly recommend it.

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2. It sounds really good, I didn't know

about this until surfing for Bruce's music this week.

Glad the boss is working thru issues and staying healthy, he's been thru so much. Love his music and style.

[luvs2sing]

3. This comes as no surprise to me.

I can feel it in every song I’ve heard him sing. I’m very glad he takes care of himself. I know I have never been able to listen to his music when I’m feeling depressed, but I love his music the rest of the time.

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5. Never an avid follower, I liked Bruce's

style and his top hits that I heard. The father-son conflict he was tormented by for years is an age old theme, I know well from brothers.

I always loved Joni Mitchell's music and lyrics but I find most of it is too down to listen to any more, the sensitivity and quality are there but the sadness and pain is quite strong. Maybe I've read a little too much about her life, or it's me.

[luvs2sing]

6. Nor am I.

He has several songs that I’ve always loved, and I bought one album because my favorite of his songs (Racing In the Streets) is on that album but wasn’t released as a single. I’ve never been able to listen to the whole album straight through. Just too damn heavy.

I’ve never been able to get into Joni Mitchell. A few songs yes (Coyote, Help Me), but so many of them feel kind of frantic to me. Yes, I’m the only woman in the world who does not love Joni Mitchell.

[Upthevibe]

4. I listened to the first of four podcasts with him and President Obama

that's when I found out his father was a paranoid schizophrenic. I need to finish listening to that podcast series. What I've heard so far was really good.

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7. I saw some of that when searching online,

looks good. Bruce was/is a big Obama supporter.

Springsteen's father was dx with depression for many years before the PS. That's quite late but I guess it can happen.

[Bayard]

8. Bookmarking

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9. Recent interview w The Boss on Scandi TV,

discussing Covid isolation, aging, health, life lessons and perspectives.