Wil Wheaton spoke at NAMI Ohio’s statewide conference, Fulfilling the Promise. These are the remarks he prepared for his speech. I’m sharing this because his openness about living with chronic depression—and the courage it takes to speak about it publicly—resonates deeply with my own experience and advocacy work.
Before he begins, Wil warns that his talk touches on many triggering subjects, including self-harm and suicide. He also notes that he’s speaking from his personal experience, and that if you or someone you know may be living with mental illness, please talk to a licensed and qualified medical professional.
Source: My name is Wil Wheaton. I live with chronic Depression, and I am not ashamed. – WIL WHEATON dot NET
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It takes a lot of courage to talk about your own depression like this.
Wish you the best on your talk man!
Thank man. Depression is really hard, I know. This is a post that Wil did and I wanted to share it. There’s a post that I did about depression on my blog as well that talks about my personal depression. Take care, good luck to you. God bless.