Musicians Speak Out Regarding Mental Health Struggles

Today mtvU and The Jed Foundation re-launched HalfofUs.com -- the online component of their campaign to reduce the student suicide rate, fight the stigma of mental health on college campuses and connect students to the help they need -- with Mary J. Blige, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, Max Bemis of Say Anything and college students revealing painful details of their personal mental health struggles.


Some excerpts include:

-Mary J-
"I was being abused, I was abusing myself -- I got tired of living…I was suicidal, I was ready to kill myself. I hated the way I looked, I hated the sound of my voice. I hated everything about me."

-Pete Wentz-

“The darkest moment was when we had just finished recording our major label record, and two days later, we were going to go to Europe, and I felt completely lost and out of control...I felt this depression were I felt like nothing I did mattered – to the point where I felt immobilized by it.”

-Max Bemis-

"Eventually, I literally snapped...I thought I was being filmed. I thought I was on 'The Truman Show,' essentially. I thought that my entire life had been staged for me. And that was my first manic break of bipolar."

These major artists were brave enough to share their extremely personal stories in an effort to encourage college students grappling with similar issues to seek help.

The interviews just premiered in their entirety on HalfofUs.com, and will also be rolling out on mtvU, mtvU.com and mtvU mobile throughout the month of April, starting today.

The series and mtvU campaign name, "Half of Us," reflect the reality that nearly half of all college students have felt so depressed they could not function -- and suicide is the 2nd leading killer of college students.

Source: MTV

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