r/BruceSpringsteen • u/Pollyfall • 8d ago

Interview Bruce and depression

https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/10/16/bruce-springsteen-depression/

Great little (not new) article about Bruce and depression. We all can experience depression; it doesn’t seem to care about tax brackets or zip codes. But I really like Bruce’s approach to handling it.

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u/therealrexmanning 8d ago

As someone who has his own struggles with depression, I really love that Bruce has been so open about.

For the longest time I've also had the urge to always find the reason, an explanation, for why I feel depressed or down. Just accepting that sometimes I feel bad just because did actually help me with dealing it.

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u/Pollyfall 8d ago

Same here. It’s an interesting approach—not blaming anyone or anything. I like it.

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u/therealrexmanning 8d ago

And most of the times it actually also works. When I try to just accept that that's just how my brain functions, that I sometimes feel bad without an apparent reason, the darkness passes by quicker than when I desperately try to find the reason.

Obviously not always but certainly enough times.

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u/Enough_Plate5862 8d ago

I like that perspective.

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u/FriedCammalleri23 8d ago

I think a big reason why I liked Deliver Me From
Nowhere (book and film) so much is because it delves so deeply into depression as a whole.

The film especially is more of a meditation on depression than it is a story about Bruce Springsteen. The way it’s depicted is so raw and so honest to the point where it was actually uncomfortable at times. I could see myself in Bruce in those dark moments.

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u/Prudent-Pudding-42 8d ago

I can relate to bruce in his movie

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u/Stevie-Rae-5 8d ago

Depression and trauma as well.

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u/Obvious_Gap727 8d ago

Thank you for sharing this

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u/Right_Arrival_1962 7d ago

When I saw DMFN I was dealing with depression after being free of it for many years.
I found this postscript on the film oddly comforting and wrote it down:

“Bruce continued to deal with depression but never again without help or hope. “

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u/Enough_Plate5862 8d ago

I really like that he was honest about his depression.

I think a lot of times it can come from your genes. Judging from what we know about his dad, I think it may be in his genes too.

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u/Easy-Wishbone5413 8d ago

He went into depth about his depression in his autobiography. We’re fortunate he got the help he needed.

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u/Margrave75 7d ago

As a long time fan, I never knew about his depression until I watched DMFN