Ed O'Brien

This underlying depression had been going on for years.

It just seems so bleak, and it seemed, how do I get out of there?

Depressions, breakdowns, illnesses, the body's saying, there's something not right here.

One of the architects of modern rock and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

Has a solo record called Blue Morpho.

No.

And it was exactly that.

It felt very indulgent.

I'm not like that.

I'm a rock.

But my body was just saying, enough.

I felt like I was carrying a weight every day that was weighing me down.

It was very, very, very physical.

I cared so much before what people thought of me.

The healing process is a process of self-love and going, I'm okay.

I'm okay.

I'm no longer hiding.

You have to ask, well, why was I hiding?

Well, I was hiding because

mirrors the journey that you went on with your with your mental health and your depression and and um this process of trying to make sense and and come to some place of healing and wholeness i mean it's it completely mirrors that um and it is a it's a transformation creativity is it i guess it's a transformation of sorts and there's a start a middle and an end