Jake Niehaus No,it´s not.It´s just a stupid way to feel diferent.Once you accept that you are not especial,then you are a step closer to get better.Believe me i´m tallking from experience
Dean Quinn Hey Dean.I didn´t mean that,but i think than depression is a temporary illness not part of being a sensitive guy.That´s just not true at all.I know many sensitive people who don´t know anything about depression. There is not fancy about being depressed and it should never be glorified,that´s what i meant. Please excuse my sloppy english,i´m Spaniard.
As a person who has survived clinical depression, and counseled people who have had it, I can tell you not two depressed people are alike. Also I was able to give the impression that I was a positive person while I was dying inside. I had all I desired: a job in New York, a wonderful significant other, etc. But I privately battled it constantly. Mine thankfully was cured, but not everyone's is. To say that another does not have depression because they don't experience like you do is wrong.
Brian Smith yes but as the original commenter said, no two depressed people are alike. That includes how they react to certain medications and drugs, for you Kratom might work but it can make others feel worse, and for some they may end up becoming dependent on it.
Wow how about that, after almost 50 years in broadcasting, 50 years of interviewing almost every person imaginable, Larry finally gets to interview God.
He's just a person. Not 'God'. I love The Smiths/Morrissey's work for decades but no need to be fanatic and OTT over musicians etc. They're just people.
From someone who's lost a sibling from killing himself I have to say it's a life sentence for me it's always there never leaves me from the waking up to going to bed the years just mean nothing you don't "get over it" or find closed its part of me now and I still find it hard to talk about it
I think this is not promoting suicide or anything similar, he is not using proper words but what kind of answer do you expect when you ask such questions to a depressive man? In certain way it describes a lot how a person with depression see the life, it is like suddenly the Idea of suicide is not as crazy as it should be, as if only the 'brave ones' are 'strong enough' to do it. I am not telling this is right, is actually a disease!! and for the people that have this is very hard to get over it, it is like the black days find no end and you feel like it has no cure, maybe that is wrong but is the way the sick person see it...
I think a lot of people are hesistant to agree with Moz's stance on suicide being "admirable", but we have to consider how suicide is perceived through the lens of a depressive. To someone who's been tailed by the "Black Dog" for their entire life, finally having the balls to step in front of a double-decker bus is quite admirable. All depressives, at some point they wonder, when is enough 'enough'?
Here's a positive point.. No depression no Morrissey. None of us would have ever known him,, its his sensitive state that makes him who he is, a real individual a one off...his heart is securely on his sleeve. He uses poetry and music as an outlet or a coping mechanism to get through his life. Just goes to show that success money limelight and fame all that hasn't changed mozz. You can not have a holiday away from yourself.
One of the smartest and honest things I ever heard about depression: "There is no cure it's a part of being a sensitive human!" And no it never really goes away like he said even if you tried all the different drugs they proscribe for it. I guess he and I could try ECT, which is supposed to be helpful against drug resistant depression but he doesn't say and wasn't asked if he has tried it. In the end it's like he said "a state of mind" and only you can change it i.e. no one will do it for you!
I've had it for most of my life and I'm going on 26. I have always loved the Smiths, he was absolutely brilliant with the Smiths, spellbinding in fact. The best thing I've taken to date for my depression have been magic mushrooms; Magic mushrooms have proven therapeutic effects on most people who take them in a controlled safe environment.
Anyone who feels suicidal, DO NOT LISTEN TO MORRISEY, he is talking shit. I think the guy is a genius but I've heard him say several times that he thinks suicide is admirable. There may or may not be a cure to depression, but there are ways of managing it to the extent where you can still have a good life, and even turn your depression in your favour, such as creativity. The issue with many Morrisey fans is they think this guy is a God and will take everything he says as Gospel. Morrisey is a fallible human being just like everyone else. He has an opinion on everything it seems, sometimes I wholeheartedly agree with him, and sometimes I vehemently disagree with him, such as now. If you are suffering with depression, please seek help, don't suffer in silence, and certainly don't think suicide is admirable. Being able to survive depression and getting through it is admirable.
I don’t disagree with your sentiment, but you’re being logically inconsistent in regards to the nature of subjectivity when you say that on one hand you can agree or disagree with him, while on the other, stating your moral values as though they were universal truth. If you’re going to proclaim your disagreement with somebody, you should at least be able to defend your position on the basis of its own merit(s), rather than simply relying on vague social consensus. Saying ‘I think it’s wrong, and you should too’ isn’t going to convince most people.
"The issue with many Morrisey fans is they think this guy is a God and will take everything he says as Gospel". Huh? that's news to me. I'm curious as to how you arrived at that sentiment. Morrissey fans have always been savagely critical of him. I think you're confusing passion for the music and aesthetics of Morrissey with mindless pop star worship. The latter has never been the case with Morrissey fans.
i'm bipolar, which causes depression. in public, i hide myself with a different persona, talkative, making jokes, laughing. most people don't believe i'm depressed. but deep down i'm depressed more or less all of the time. solitude makes it twice worse. medication helps a bit, of course, but the pain never really goes away.
As soon as he mentioned it especially about the self harm part i immediately thought of ian curtis, unfortunately he never made it god bless his soul RIP
He does not describe "Depression", he describes Dysthymia. Chronic negativism, a depressive themed narrative to life. Depression is an illness that happens to you and can be alleviated. Dysthmia is an incapacity to be positive, cheery, optimistic.
Not true, I went on vacation to the Balkans and the black dog followed me. It followed me to the beach, the club, you can get distracted, but the black dog gets hungry from time to time.
'Even those who mistakenly think they are happy' It's funny, because you hear things like one person in four will experience depression at some time. Try four people in four - that will be nearer the truth.
Why are you asking about his depression and if he had ever thought of harming himself and about the issue with "C".Yes, he is Morrissey but he is entitled to his privacy. This is not entairtenment if that is what shows of this kind aim at.
I personally know how it feels to have bad depression I've had it more years than some of the young whippersnappers so ready to criticise have been alive medication isn't always the answer can make it worse
true, medication treatment is very complicated. depends on a lot variables whether it helps someone. for some it does help, for others it makes things worse. for me, I happen to be a percetage of people who are "drug resistant." I'm trying to get better, putting in work. but you know what would help? a society that better understood mental health and was compassion towards it. we're not there yet and it's really sad
I have tried anti depressants and it does not work for me either. I am not discouraging people from using them it just personally does not help me, and I have to make a point to be social, and engaged in my problems with depression.
It is most likely an escape for him, a way for him to express himself and how he is feeling without involving anyone else, since it seems he likes to suffer privately, among many others and myself.
There's nothing admirable about suicide, Moz. I love you, but you're wrong. I understand that life is unbearable for some people and suicide is the only solution they can muster, but that's not admirable-it's certainly not shameful, but it's not something to be admired.
I think he means he admires the courage it takes to escape your predicament at whatever cost. I wish I was brave enough to.I think it is admirable....or is it jealousy? Jealous that I can't escape.
Yes, there is. Meditate using mantras. It's up to you to be happy. No one else will do it for you. Exercise. Stop feeling so guilty about everything. You deserve to be happy. Permit yourself to be happy. Stop being so perfectionist and so critical. Remmeber we are not our thoughts. Their is really nothing inside your head. You are empty, there is only space.
***** Meditation is not a Woo movement? I had depression and was able to come out of it thanks to meditation and yoga. Feeling that connection with mother earth is what many of us are missing in our lives
Allot of the time it is weather related, the British weather and lack of Sunshine can make you feel horrible especially like this year when we have not even had one full sunny day, why do you think British people are so desperate for a sun filled holiday.
Morrisey really is a hoot. He perpetually criticizes the times, but increasingly becomes a refractive index of them. This kitsch confessional is one such example. He guards his privacy, and yet is seduced into the web of fame and notoriety - a mouse-wheel he just can't seem to jump off. He criticizes aggrandizement, and yet suffers from the same solipsism. He condemns the wealth machine, and yet enjoys it's spoils. He parades his intellect of being widely read, and yet is not deeply read. He is in love with Englishness, and yet eschews living there any more. Honestly.. I can't take him seriously. Perhaps that what he wants, just to play games because he's bored.
Morrissey,I love your music,writing talent etc, but depression is having to get up at 3:30am,loading a van ,in rain..,freezing cold, with the deliveries you have to get thru in your working day,and hoping you don't get caught by a speed camera ?!!!!!
I don't know if Morrissey has been depressed. He has lead a very productive life so far. If you are clinically depressed you can't even get out of bed, your body aches, and you can't concentrate. He might have experienced a recurring feeling of the blues, but not the clinical kind that requires serious intervention. Maybe, he has. Lastly, being sensitive and feeling good are not mutually exclusive.
i dont know, there is a condition called functional depression, people are very productive during this period, not healthy but productive, i am one i work long shifts as a black cabbie, i struggle but it does not stop me working, just my op
I think this guy is trying to be too earnest to the point of being overly negative, to say that people mistakingly think they are happy is denying that people can be and indeed many people are. I think the problem with people like Morrissey is that they actually believe that the world is as dull and grey as they percieve when it's really their minds that filter this belief to them but their ego can't accept they don't somehow have a unique insight of reality
I totally agree with morrisey there is know cure for depression you wake up feeling like fuckin shit and just some how get thru the the day i take medication its helps a bit but makes me fat so its a catch 22 feel suicidal or take meds??but know matter what that depression is allways there scratching my brain.
I'm not sure they are getting the right help. A lot of families aren't even aware that a loved one is depressed. Sadly there's a stigma associated with depression that keeps people from getting the help they need.
That's certainly not wholly true. I know lots of people who wouldn't be here were it not for pharmaceuticals when they were at their worst. This attitude stops many from seeking help.
IT IS NOT ADMIRAL TO TAKE YOUR LIFE Look I love the smiths and Morrissey being one of the prime creators of their music and style I love him for that but please PLEASE if you are depressed and do get thoughts of harming yourself (I get pretty down too- the smiths music tends to attract a certain crowd) DO NOT BELIEVE FOR A MOMENT IT IS ADMIRAL TO TAKE YOUR LIFE it's sad and reckless and if what he has said makes sense to you please please get help and maybe take a break from listening to gloomy moz, I agree with his depressing but darkly humorous lyrics and they help me when I'm sad but these words are incorrect and not ones to preach IT IS NOT ADMIRAL TO TAKE YOUR LIFE it's a decision sick people make but despite what morrissey says you can recover morrissey says what he has because he is still sick and I know from my own experience depression makes you feel lost and hopeless but there IS HOPE it's a cliche for a reason just stick it out best you can and survive (you have the rest of eternity to be dead- you might as well see the whole life thing to the end and try it out for as long as possible and see how things and the world change) TSKING YOUR LIFE IS NOT ADMIRAL
He's right there's no real cure and it's not about right or wrong it's just you feeling pointless it hurts more when people are either just in the way or not their at all but sometimes that's all just pointless also cause in the end it's all you bottom line
Vastly more people than admit to it suffer from depression. None of this 1 in 10 people during their lifetime nonsense. Try, more like: a lot of the people most of the time ...
That’s a load of crap saying theirs no cure. Depressing is a self made state of mind created by self loathing. I hate it when people say theirs no cure it’s just an excuse for people to be miserable forever
A lot of depression is a self fullfilling prophecy. I've heard most of his songs and he is a miserableist extraordinaire cultivating depression because thats how he makes money. negativity is bad for your health.
vacuum cleaner I do feel exactly like him all over my life since i was a kid and ttly agree with him . I think you will only understand since you feel how it´s like. I use to say that happiness is like fleeting and melancholy always very latent. I just cant put this feeling out. That´s it. ;)
vacuum cleaner I believe he said this partly in regards to the general idea that suicide is "cowardly". Most people tend to think taking your life is selfish and weak, but Morrissey looks at it more in a way of: someone managed to take control and put an end to the pain. That takes courage in some way. He's not encouraging anyone, he's not saying every suicidal person should do it. He's just saying that suicide victims should be respected and not seen as cowards.
+vacuum cleaner He never said anything about suicide so don't know why everyone is trying to put words in his mouth!!! He just said that some people are able to overcome their depression unlike him by just saying no more in their mind and taking control of their lives, he said nothing about killing yourself to do it!
He's full of shit. Morrissey has made millions romanizing about loneliness and depression. Want to know who actually struggled with depression ? Elliott Smith, Cobain, Ian Curtis among others.
self declared "depressed" millionaires are the worst kind of people. first-world problems taken to a whole other level. i can see how it would be depressing waking up in a mansion, with whatever supermodel you bought home in your Ferrari last night. i'm sorry if i'm not very sympathetic of his "dire circumstances", but i'll save my sympathy for cancer victims and people who won't eat/drink today...
Such a naive person to think that if a person has money then they cannot feel depressed, depression isn't a thing that is created by money troubles or health problems. It is a mental state of mind that sometimes cannot be healed, think you should get a better understanding of it.
Raptor Jesus Morrissey has dealt with depression since he was a young teenager living an average life. Achieving fame and fortune didn't cure a MENTAL ILLNESS.
Marije Bowie yet he's just said he's not been prescribed any medication. i have a friend suffering from REAL peoples depression and without the meds they'd likely be dead. so when a rich guy sits there and claims to be depressed but says he's getting along just fine without medication it actually makes me rather mad on behalf of the people who actually have real problems and real depression.
i love his music, but its based in selfishness....so is depression. yes, this type of "humbleness" and self-deprecation is just another side of being egocentric. see how hes dressed