Gary Gulman

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Freakonomics Radio · How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold | Better in Person · 29 Jul 2026 podcast

But I would accept offers all the time because I didn't want to

I didn't want to give in.

And so I could put it together, but if you knew me, you knew I was not myself.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I mean, it was every night from the spring of 2015 through the fall of 2017.

So it was two and a half years.

But also when I was working off a script of jokes, I could be much more compelling than I was in an interview.

And it's very hard to think when you're depressed.

My psychiatrist said that a lot of people have called it faux dementia, where depressives are having a hard time making memories and keeping memories and also accessing.

words.

And so your brain is telling you while you're in it that you'll never get out of it.

And then when you're out of it, that you'll never go back in it.

But then you learn and you realize that, or in this case, this final case, that I need to stay so vigilant and

and prevent the relapse because the relapse is actually part of this entire conundrum.

Exercising every day, eating right, getting enough sleep, taking on projects that keep me busy and accepting invitations.

So getting out of the house and talking with people.

I was not as disciplined about the exercise component, and I...

I'm lucky to have a really good therapist.

I didn't always have a therapist because in some cases I couldn't afford it or I didn't have the insurance for the medication.

So this last one happened to come at a time when I had insurance and enough money saved up that I could take a few months off to go into the hospital and get my head straight.

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