Distorted Thoughts from Depression? | Anthony Bourdain Case Analysis

This video answers the question: Can I analyze the case of Anthony Boudain? He was the topic of a 2021 documentary titled “Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain.”

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[loreleialexander]

Tony Bourdain helped me get sober. I was newly pregnant and trying to go cold turkey from IV heroin and cocaine. No one around me knew the extend of my addiction, or understood what I was trying to do. The only thing I had was the book Kitchen Confidential. I read it 30 times that first year of sobriety. He kept me sober because he understood. I miss him.

[ericweinstein]

One of my students (17) once called him "Uncle Anthony" after I mentioned his name in one of my classes. This was close to 20 years ago. I asked her about the remark after class and she told me her parents owned a Filipino restaurant in (Woodside?) Queens and Bourdain (from Manhattan) came to eat there several times a year for several years. The following day she showed me pics of her with Anthony and her parents and other family members at the restaurant. She loved him (which is why she called him "Uncle Anthony") She said he came to their restaurant as much to see them as to eat there. The impression this left me with was Bourdain was a very humble man with an open mind (re: whom he chose to allow into his orbit)

[cindyb]

I know people who've met him. they said he was truly a wonderful human. he came to a poor area of the state I live in. very poor. He truly was so kind and treated the people he interacted with like they were -- oh I don't know how to say it-- like they were above him-- he was so humble and kind and uplifting. I hope and pray his soul is at peace and rest.

[eileenherrera]

To me Anthony Bourdain was a masterful story teller. He gave such life to his travels, you could almost feel the sun or wind on you, smell the amazing scents he was experiencing, taste what he was tasting. I give him so much credit for opening up so much of the world to so many of us, and showing us how to travel with the eyes of a child, absorbing and experiencing, and creating beautiful tapestries of memories.

[stevecastro]

You can have it all yet still feel empty inside. Terribly sad ending.

[chesterwilberforce]

As someone who has been blaming himself all his life for his depression, it is reassuring to to me to hear Dr. Grande's words. It's not our fault. Thank you, Dr.

[UseADamnCoaster]

The fact that a guy who had everything going for him: a wife, kids, fame, wealth, talent, a full head of hair at an old age, and a job consisting of travelling the world and eating exotic foods, could kill himself is baffling to me. But it just shows that the debilitating effects of depression do not discriminate. It's insidious. It's merciless... It's just pure fucking evil. And no one is safe from it.

[GelatinousCube-jwvg]

“Filtered through a dark lens of depression”
I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more accurate phrase to describe how depression warps and taints everything and everyone you come into contact with.

[thomasmaxime]

It’s so difficult to describe depression to someone who’s never been there because it’s not sadness.

[bodacioustness]

A lot kinder and more compassionate than your video on Anne Heche, which appears to be gone, thankfully. In case you were wondering what other actors thought of her, here is one of many pieces of written praise.
Actress Emily Bergl shared a lengthy tribute on Facebook, in which she spoke about working with Heche for two years on Men in Trees.
"She elicited more curiosity than any other famous person I've ever worked with, " Bergl shared, noting that Heche's work was "impressive, arresting, and dazzling."

"Anne was not only a genius, but one of the most astoundingly focused and prepared actors I've ever worked with. I don't think I ever saw her miss stepping on her mark once, " Bergl wrote, in part. "Despite a sometimes harrowing life, she was so much fun to be around. She was insouciant, joyous, insightful. It's a cliche but she really did light up a room."

[TheSouthIsHot]

"The depression DECEIVED Anthony." Exactly. Depression lies. It makes its victims believe that they don't have the right to live; that they are guilty of EVERYTHING and that their guilt is punishable by death. If your depression is making you believe that you want to take you own life, GET HELP. Even if that means taking medication. Depression isn't your fault and taking medication doesn't mean that you are weak. Taking medication doesn't have to be forever. You have the right to live and to take steps to ensure that you survive the lies that depression makes you believe.

[RH-cpxw]

In one of his books he wrote that the best sound in the world was his clothes dryer because when he heard that he knew he was home. I think he was trapped in his life that became bigger than he ever expected. A sad ending for a superb story teller. Miss him❤️

[annemarie]

When you said that he saved his most vicious criticism for himself, that hurt my heart. I got therapy from a psychiatrist for depression that I had for 3 years after the birth of my son. At first I thought, what does talking do when I can just chat with a close friend on the phone? I went from bawling through every weekly session to not shedding a tear after several months. Therapy, in addition to medication, is literally a lifesaver.

[johannadavis]

When you live with overwhelming depression there are many days - too many days, when you simply feel like you can't live with the pain anymore. The pain and sadness are just too much to live with every single day. Too much. Unaliving yourself seems less and less scary. You become so desperate for relief the thought enters your mind more and more often.

[CashFruit]

It's one thing to be cheated on, it's another to have it publicized to the world... we live in a sick and cruel world sometimes...

[robertevans]

Thank you for this... as someone who suffers from chronic depression I can tell you it can manifest physically in the form of immobility, not having the energy to get out of bed and looking after simple tasks like hygiene or even feeding ones self.

[NickellaElla]

I remember this week of June 2018. Kate Spade & Anthony both passing in the exact same manner. 🥺 Thanks Dr. Grande for the analysis.

[ebg]

This one hurts. I grew up reading his books and watching his show. I traveled and lived in Europe for 7 years visiting his spots and eating/living like he showed me to. I miss his influence.

[chrismathis]

Bourdain is the only person I had never met whose death brought me to tears.

[tessiesantiago]

It’s like his depression was a double agent kryptonite. It both made him a lovable relatable person and made him hate himself 😔