Today I read about the passing of Chester Bennington. You know him as the screaming vocalist of Linkin Park. To me, he was more than just that. He was the voice that helped me through my difficult and frustrating teenage years. He gave me a voice to release the pain and hurt that life dealt me.
The helplessness, the meaningless, the bullied, the sidelined and the overlooked. He helped me deal with it all by singing (screaming) it out in Linkin Park’s songs. He connected me to others in the world who felt exactly the same as I did. He made me realised I wasn’t alone in the pain and suffering I went through. He made me realise I can rise above it all.
The fact that he took his own life is a huge shock. He took his own life on the day of Chris Cornell‘s birthday. They seem pretty close and Cornell has taken his own life back in May 2016 and sources have reported that Bennington was never the same after the passing of Cornell.
I guess when things finally overwhelmed you and you can’t take it anymore, you will choose the “no way out” and end it all.
I’m gonna talk a little bit about depression because it is real. It is not just a state where you feel sad and cry. It is a state where you are trapped viciously by a chain of thorns dragging you down with no way out. Everything seems hopeless and you are helpless to do anything to help yourself. You find no happiness in EVERYTHING you do.
Unsavory Words 