“The head coach of the Boston College Eagles football team [a few] years prior had coached Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie. And then two years later he was recruiting a future participation trophy advocate…” says Gary Gulman, in his new HBO special—The Great Depresh—his candid reflections on growing up with depression in the ’80s, when being told to “snap out of it” was the cure.
The special relaxes the conversation about depression with self-deprecation and unflinching candor and offers a fresh, substantive perspective when it feels like more people than ever are offering self-help advice.
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