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A microwave can make a turkey in 11 minutes yet fail at the apparently basic task of making toast.
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Mental-illness disclosures can end self-blame. They do not excuse performers’ racist, sexist, or homophobic behavior.
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Illness can damage your life and give you your strongest material, then recovery asks you to outgrow that identity.
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Turning suffering into comedy can make strangers feel less alone, while making recovery feel like a duty to your audience.
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Bruce Springsteen and Michael Phelps show that depression can be chemical, not proof that success is insufficient.
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For people whose recovery story gave others hope, staying well becomes a responsibility, not merely a personal health choice.
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A rejection can disappoint you without ending the work. Keep touring the show anyway.
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When a line gets an unusually strong live reaction, write it down afterward.
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Making depression understandable lets family members grasp what the experience feels like from the inside.

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