Brad Stulberg

So I never realized it at the time.

So I never realized it at the time.

I certainly wasn't thinking to myself, oh, this is good training to be a consultant, or excuse me, in consulting to be a writer.

I certainly wasn't thinking to myself, oh, this is good training to be a consultant, or excuse me, in consulting to be a writer.

It's only something I saw in hindsight.

It's only something I saw in hindsight.

Yeah, it definitely did, as you mentioned, blindside me from nowhere.

Yeah, it definitely did, as you mentioned, blindside me from nowhere.

I had no prior history with depression or anxiety, at least not that I knew of.

I had no prior history with depression or anxiety, at least not that I knew of.

And it was like a switch in my brain got flipped in a devastatingly wrong direction.

And it was like a switch in my brain got flipped in a devastatingly wrong direction.

I was fortunate to have such a stark experience between before and after that it didn't take me long to get help.

I was fortunate to have such a stark experience between before and after that it didn't take me long to get help.

I was very quick to go to my partner, Caitlin, and say like, something is wrong with my brain.

I was very quick to go to my partner, Caitlin, and say like, something is wrong with my brain.

This is scary.

This is scary.

I need help.

I need help.