PSYCHOTHERAPIST REACTS to Linkin Park- Breaking The Habit 

Chester was abused as a child by an older family member and you can hear his pain his singing. Absolutely special voice.

Chester Bennington - The lead singer of the band, he commited suicide few years back. He dealt with depression sadly. So yes you are right that maybe one of the members of this band dealt with what they are singing in the song. I've never felt more sad of any singers death than Chester. Been listening to them since childhood.

Mike Shinoda (Keyboard, rapper, 2nd vocalist, 2nd guitarist, songwriter and produced Link Park songs/albums) was one of the main ones who got through to Chester to get help with his sobriety. It was "Breaking the Habit," from their 2nd album "Meteora" Mike wrote the lyrics and showed it to Chester Bennington (lead vocalist and songwriter) to give him that final nudge into wanting to get help, and when Chester read the lyrics, he just broke down and cried and it finally gave him that final courage to go into rehab and started going to therepy. Then that song became his #2 favorite of theirs to perform. Then at anytime if Mike seen that Chester was really struggling with depression and sobriety he was one of the ones that would pull Chester back from that ledge. Chester had a rough childhood. He was S*xual abused from the ages of 7-13 by an older male friend. His dad was a police Detective who investigated child SA cases. So Chester was afraid to tell anyone on what was happening because he thought people would think he was lying or think he was gay. He finally told his dad at 13 but Chester didn't want to press charges on the older kid because he had learned that kid was also a victum of SA. Chesters parents got divorced when he was a 11. So to escape from everything he was going through in his life he ended up getting into drugs/drinking when he was a teenager as a way to cope. So throughout the years Chester really struggled with his demons. After he got sober in 05/06 and was seeing helps he was mostly alright when he was with his LP band family, his wife and 6 kids, going to the gym everyday, being with fans, on stage, doing philanthropy/humanitarian work. But when hes alone for a long period of time thats when he really struggled with his depression the most. Thats when hes left alone with his thoughts he called it "the evil Chester" who would say mean things to him.

This song was basically entirely written by Mike Shinoda, who is their emcee (+keyboards, rhythm guitar, sampling, production, etc). It initially started as an instrumental interlude, but was encouraged by the band to turn it into a full song. The lyrics was something he had been trying to write for years, long before their singer, Chester, came into the picture. At the same time this song was taking shape, Chester was fighting his own battle with addiction and depression, and the song resonated with what he was dealing with. It would be a few years after this song that the band staged an intervention, leading Chester into a road of rehab, and the help he needed, but he ultimately lost his battle in July 2017. In regards to the literal meaning behind the lyrics, Linkin Park have always kept their songwriting as relatable and universal as possible.

Rip Chester! One of rocks greatest voices.

This is one of my all time favorite songs and it cuts deep for me because the lyrics resonate with me on a very personal level. I was bullied and abused emotionally and sometimes physically as a kid by my peers who I thought were friends, a babysitter who was very cruel to me, and my parents trying to control almost every aspect of my life using their religion as a crutch. This led me to create a habit of repressing my emotions that I felt like didn't matter like anger, sadness, frustration, and fear but the downside is that it's affected a lot of my relationships in the past. I've burned a lot of bridges with people because I don't want to get hurt again. I've started therapy recently to heal all the trauma that I've held in for so long in hopes of "breaking the habit" because I know that if I continue the way I do, I will only keep hurting people I get close to. Thank you for reacting to this song, it means a lot to me.

Past trauma catching up to you in the future is a tough thing to beat, but when you eventually beat it nothing else can stop you in life.

The song is all about someone who feels isolated and hopeless blowing their brains out with a handgun to put an end to an internal suffering they can no longer see a happy ending to. Struggling with a life out of control and the breaking down of one's will to live in a world where they feel they no longer have options or hope in anything getting any better for their situation: they are breaking the habit of a failed life. They feel it's the best soultion for them and the ones they've hurt. Some may find it a horrible anthem or a judge them harshly as cowards but in the end I see it as personal choice that only the person who is faced with it can truly understand. I don't see it as cowardice to end your own life. It's probably one of the hardest and most frightening choices anyone who has done so can face. Respect to Linkin Park for making this song for people like me who have struggled with this to know at least I was not alone with these feelings and issues. It helps a little to know there are others in bigger places who have asked these questions of themselves as well. R.I.P. - Chester Bennington

Linkin Park is easily my favourite band of all time, Id do anything to have Chester back! his voice could never be duplicated, he's 1 of a kind :) rip.

You had the Hybrid Theory Reanimation album, which was a rework of all the songs from their first album as LP, Hybrid Theory (ironically was their original band name before), but it also included some new songs like My December. Meteora, where 'Breaking The Habit' is from, is still one of my all time fav albums of any genre of music. It's just absolutely perfect.

It's unfortunate what Chester lived and how he died however, he helped so many people with his songs, through his songs, with his form of expression with his songs with linkin park. And you can hear his cry for help through his songs with every album. R.I.P. Chester. He was and forever will be a legend.

Knowing you’re not alone means more than anyone ever knows

You’re son is lucky to have a dad like you.

Something a little less known but extremely relevant now that Linkin park is in the conversation, would be Mike shinoda - over again, it's the first song he made after Chester passed

I loooooove Linkin Park. Started listening to them in grade 9 high school and it helped me get through it!

I love LP. They're my fave band ever. Them and Queen which is supreme for me. Breaking the habit is my fave track from LP.

Toms love of music shines through more than anybody else's on youtube

My man had the ReAnimated album. What a G

If you want to see this song in another way, I would suggest their performance of this song live Earth Japan!

Awesome I love that your listing to some rock too always nice to listen to linkin Park

Mystery week was a great idea

Chester is one of rocks greatest people. RIP.

thx tom for this new artist!

Such a great video

Wish you had a follow up after learning of Chester Bennington’s suicide.

Givin up is another really great one for you to look at

I am currently in that situation

Hey idk if you know this but the video is blocked everywhere except for Canada!

need more linkin park on this channel! :)

Can to plz do dr. Whoever by aminé i want to hear your thoughts on it

You should listen to numb by linikn park

I'll never be all right so I'm breaking the habit tonight he's referring to suicide not survival

My personal interpretation of the last verse helped me overcome suicidal thoughts and tendencies. I heard it as I need to accept that I'll never be alright or I'm never gonna be perfect in anyone's eyes so accept my imperfections. It helped me avoid the feelings of judgement from others and realize I am who I am, and I'm not for everyone.

thanks for doing hopsin your house, could you do xxxtentacion Rebirth

sadly chester couldn't break the habit r.i.p chester!

If you saw this reaction, let me know where you are? Because it got blocked in some countries and regions😊👍

HII TOM

have you heard Metallica's new song "Screaming Suicide"

Linkin Park isn't rock. Their primary genre at the start of their career was alternative hip hop. Though this particular track is drum n' bass mixed with glitch. They added rock sounds and rock instruments into the music, but it was all built around hip hop beats and samples. The primary songwriter of this band is Mike Shinoda, and there's a lot of mental health related content in the music, as well as in his side project Fort Minor and his recent solo work

killstation?

you look like seth meyers - or he looks like you.

He said "battles all issues" not "the battles always choose".

Please do Not Enough (prod.red limits) by JUICE WRLD. THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ONE ON THE ALBUM. THIS IS UNRELEASED AND HE PUTS SO MUCH EMOTION INTO THIS SONG. Thank you so much Tom!

This is sad Because chester killed himself

Damn.. wtf… why he do Chester like that… wtf…