Tbh, it’s really kinda sad how many comedians are really depressed.
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Hoodoo Child
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Robin Williams came to mind
Smokin Rider
I been official
I watched that Netflix documentary on Jim Carrey and he looks ready to end it
Deep_Black_Conscious
Superstar
Comedy is painIt’s just so
I mean, I was sitting here laughing at somebody while some of them probably went home at night and had serious thoughts about killing themselves
Smokin Rider
I been official
Breh I watched that too
I noticed the ones usually who try to cheer everyone else up and make them laugh or smile are in the most pain. I speak from experience
Kevin Hart ain't the funniest but it made me think about his special called "Laugh At My Pain"
Not sure if you noticed but a comedians job is to literally shyt on themselves, focusing on your flaws and taking so many Ls that long hurts a man's spirit
O.T.I.S.
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They really are emotionally intense people that find ways to cope by making themselves and others laugh.
There are trash comedians but the really good ones actually NEED it to survive basically.
When they're by themselves that shyt is dangerous
There are trash comedians but the really good ones actually NEED it to survive basically.
When they're by themselves that shyt is dangerous
Gil Scott-Heroin
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"The deeper the black hole, the more humor you need to dig yourself out of it."
Thatrogueassdiaz
We're on the blood path now
who wrote this?
Trajan
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It's unclear how many comedians struggle with mental challenges such as depression, but many of the most familiar names have talked and joked about the issue: Robin Williams, Sarah Silverman, Stephen Fry, Spike Jones, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, Ellen DeGeneres. It's no accident that the Laugh Factory in Hollywood has an in-house psychologist.
After Robin Williams’ death to suicide, John Belushi’s overdoses or Richard Jeni’s suicide, there were people who couldn’t believe it and said, “But, they were SO funny!” Comics, however, understood. We know that the funniest people are surrounded by darkness. The deeper the black hole, the more humor you need to dig yourself out of it. Comedy and tragedy are a team. When Stephen Colbert was 10, his dad and two brothers died in a plane crash. Tina Fey’s face was slashed by a stranger when she was little.
After Robin Williams’ death to suicide, John Belushi’s overdoses or Richard Jeni’s suicide, there were people who couldn’t believe it and said, “But, they were SO funny!” Comics, however, understood. We know that the funniest people are surrounded by darkness. The deeper the black hole, the more humor you need to dig yourself out of it. Comedy and tragedy are a team. When Stephen Colbert was 10, his dad and two brothers died in a plane crash. Tina Fey’s face was slashed by a stranger when she was little.