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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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1 posted on 10/22/2025 8:18:32 AM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

This is movie promo

How long do we have to hear about this?


2 posted on 10/22/2025 8:19:46 AM PDT by stanne
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To: dennisw

I can sympathize because nothing depresses me more than listening to a Springsteen song.


3 posted on 10/22/2025 8:21:18 AM PDT by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: stanne

Weak woke overrated loser


4 posted on 10/22/2025 8:21:21 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: dennisw

At least this sad sack sap has an excuse for his TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) Call this the billionaire blues.


5 posted on 10/22/2025 8:21:23 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity )
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To: dennisw
the mental illness ran through my families.

We know Bruce, your TDS is showing.

6 posted on 10/22/2025 8:21:58 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dennisw

It’s no excuse for being a leftist a-hole. Fu Brucie.


7 posted on 10/22/2025 8:22:59 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: 1Old Pro

Liberalism is a mental disorder.


8 posted on 10/22/2025 8:23:17 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: iamgalt

Guy does an album cover of him pissing on the American flag.


9 posted on 10/22/2025 8:23:45 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Geeeez! I feel so bad for not liking his crap. Oh, wait. After years of therapy I’m okay with it. Victim card! Therapists don’t help those with TDS either since most of them have it as well. Now, how did that make you feel?


10 posted on 10/22/2025 8:24:55 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: dennisw

trip and fall

...again


11 posted on 10/22/2025 8:25:07 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: dennisw

Maybe if he wasn’t such a moon-bat lefties, he would have been happier.


12 posted on 10/22/2025 8:25:19 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: dennisw

So a famous musician with mental illness stands up and tells ME how to think, act, vote, etc.! WOW, WTF!


13 posted on 10/22/2025 8:25:41 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: dfwgator
Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Dr. Savage diagnosed this 20 years ago.

14 posted on 10/22/2025 8:26:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: dennisw

See Trump Derangement Syndrome, is causing Springsteen to go nuts.


15 posted on 10/22/2025 8:29:30 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: MrRelevant

That sums up “the boss” perfectly.


16 posted on 10/22/2025 8:29:50 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Fido969

Obviously.


17 posted on 10/22/2025 8:30:27 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: dennisw

Feed him some prozac that will cure everything! Not.


18 posted on 10/22/2025 8:32:03 AM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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To: dennisw

Psychiatrist?

I imagine he blames it all on mom and dad... It’s their fault that he became a super rich rockstar... Shame on them!


19 posted on 10/22/2025 8:32:44 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: dfwgator
Liberalism is a mental disorder.

True.

Leftism and Mental Illness: New Statistical Evidence
20 posted on 10/22/2025 8:33:21 AM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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