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Kevin Breel is a 20 year old comedian and writer who also struggles with depression. He has been touring many places and talking about his personal story. It is important, he says, to spread the message that depression is not something that happens to certain personality types or cry babies, but is actually something that is wrong with our brain, and it is time to remove the stigma from this clinically diagnosable disease which is influencing more and more of his generation. Listen to his personal story and see how your opinion of what depression is changes as he speaks. |
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