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NIN definitely was a huge mental health factor for me.
I was 18 and absolutely lost in life-again. The first album had hit the left of center radio stations and they toured the small clubs at that time.
I used to drive around at 3am with their tape blaring.
I screamed at the top of my lungs and cried till I was empty.
Then I was exhausted enough to sleep and be almost normal the next day.
Frank Herbert- I had fallen into my first major depression and had picked up his entire Dune series up to the book before ChapterHouse.(why can't I think of this title? grr)
I read them all back to back and felt (and this sounds really stupid) smarter.
I had better conversations with people after I read his work, which in turn got me out more, which made me more friends, which made more events happen, ect. ect.
Which made me feel less alone and the cycle of all that pulled me out of the darkness.
My kids- they have taught me so much, I cannot even begin....
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