Classic Rock

Stars Put Mental Health In The Spotlight

ETH HART’S STRUGGLE with bipolar disorder is well documented. “When I’m doing well and I’m out on the road, I love playing the shows. I feel free, I’m living the musician’s dream of being in a band, playing songs I love to an audience and connecting with them. Other times, when I’m not good, I feel that the audience is hating it, that the band are disappointed in me. There’s a lot of doubt and ugliness and fear. Even being the age I am and with the amount of therapy I have had, it’s still hard. I’m trying to use my brain to work my way through and to feel

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