It’s hard to hang in there when you’re no longer getting what you’re used to receiving from your life’s work. It’s pretty normal to think about retiring or slowing down.
In school, he used to call me "Little Buddy" — and like most short guys, I don’t like being reminded of it—but coming from him, it felt like he was taking me under his wing.
It’s not the kind of depression that keeps you in bed for weeks on end or makes you want to kill yourself, but it can leave you feeling that you’d be better off if you weren’t here
For a lot of actors, embodying someone else can take a toll on your psyche. Barton Goldsmith talks about his work as an on-set film therapist, Interview by Maiken Scott of NPR.
It changes as we age, as cultures advance, when finances shift, and when the environment struggles; these things and more force us to change how we deal with life.
Letting go of a friend is never easy. But if something like what I describe here happens to you, don’t feel bad about blocking or disconnecting from someone.
Those who are unhappily alone try to steer their gaze away from all of the Valentine’s paraphernalia that hits the supermarket shelves on January 2nd. And that’s understandable.
Rhett and Scarlett never tried to actually resolve or even talk about their problems, no matter how small they were. Learn from "Gone With the Wind" about unresolved feelings.