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Bruce Springsteen admits he was 'totally embarrassed' by his 'breakdown' as he opens up about his mental health journey
DAILYMAIL.COM ^ | 22 October 2025 | BETHAN EDWARDS

Posted on 10/22/2025 8:18:32 AM PDT by dennisw

'And I was totally embarrassed. And for years, I would almost disguise myself before going into the psychiatrist's office that had my baseball hat on and my glasses and I'm looking around and I'm sneaking in as fast as I can.

'Yeah, and just because, you know, I was grown up to believe that it was embarrassing to ask for that kind of help and need that kind of help.

'And it took me years to get used to just feeling fine and confident about walking into the office. It was so forbidden in the world that I grew up in that it took me a long time to get used to it, and now it has been a big part of…half of my life.'

Bruce went on to open about dealing with depression in the 50s and 60s and how people 'just suffered through and ignored it'.

He said: 'I grew up in the 50s and 60s you know - I was one to 10 in the 50s and my parents left for California when I was 18 or 19 so that was the extent of which I knew my dad and those were his very troubled years and like I said, the mental illness ran through my families.

'I had aunts very, very ill. I had cousins who were very ill. And I just got used to it as being, that was my family, and these were the people that I loved. But no one got any help whatsoever.'

He continued: 'You know, there was no medication, there was no interactions with any psychological help and people were really simply left on their own.

'You know it was just there – nothing was known about it and so everybody just suffered through it.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: allaboutbruce; brucespringsteen; leftistloon; lyinglimolib; music
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To: dennisw

Would you rather be the joyful owner of a street hot dog cart, or a rich and famous person with soul burdens?


41 posted on 10/22/2025 9:50:27 AM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: VTenigma; minnesota_bound; CivilWarBrewing; sparklite2; Steely Tom; P.O.E.; CharlesMartelsGhost; ...
** The Springsteen still sucks (and admits he's crazy) Ping List **
42 posted on 10/22/2025 9:51:51 AM PDT by nicollo (Trump beat the cheat! )
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To: iamgalt

All his loyal roadies and their families must really be suffering because of his politics after 5 decades.


43 posted on 10/22/2025 9:56:12 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: stanne
How long do we have to hear about this?

Until he recovers? So forever! Because the idiot will always be mental.

44 posted on 10/22/2025 10:01:50 AM PDT by Mastador1
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To: nicollo

He’s got a movie about himself coming out. I feel no obligation to go see it because . . . SPRINGSTEEN SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


45 posted on 10/22/2025 11:32:45 AM PDT by RatRipper
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To: dennisw

Finally a rabid democrat liberal mouthpiece admitting his mental illness. Not that it ever came as a surprise to us.


46 posted on 10/22/2025 11:32:51 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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To: dennisw

He might want to do something about his constipation.


47 posted on 10/22/2025 12:17:59 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: dennisw

Yeh, liberalism is a mental disease with no cure.


48 posted on 10/22/2025 12:45:41 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dennisw
'And I was totally embarrassed. And for years, I would almost disguise myself before going into the psychiatrist's office that had my baseball hat on and my glasses and I'm looking around and I'm sneaking in as fast as I can.

He is a zillionaire and I’m supposed to believe he’s traveling to the shrink’s and wearing a cap and shades?

It’s more likely the shrink came to his mansion.

Or this is BS.

49 posted on 10/22/2025 6:27:13 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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