Here's the bad news. Bad news first, which means I'll get to the good news. Bad news.

If your parents did a really poor job, filled you up with lies, tore you down, made you feel

unimportant, told you that you were unimportant, made sure that you never had fun or experienced joy,

that's going to mess you up and mess you up for a long time.

You can move away from them. They can die. And they still are with you because they still built you and poorly.

If you were raised by harmful, toxic people in a harmful, toxic way, you have fundamental

problems that are, and I'll raise my voice, not your fault.

But they're there anyway.

I'm sorry they did that to you.

I'm sorry you have to live with it.

Okay, here's the good news.

You can feel better.

You can understand the damage.

You can discover fun and joy.

You can find your voice and find people who want to hear your voice.

Here's more good news.

You are worthwhile.

You're entitled to fun and joy. You have value. And even if you're not so

young anymore, you can feel better. And sometimes, what can help is Bruce Springsteen. It's

DePresh Mode. I'm John Moe. I'm not Bruce Springsteen.

And I am so glad you're here.

I really love this job that I have, and thank you for listening and for supporting the show. I love the job because I get to meet the most fascinating people and then introduce them to you.

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