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Make Us Laugh: The Link Between Comedy and Depression
Asking for help with depression through humor.
“Being funny isn’t the same as being happy,” writes
The Simpsons writer Dana Gould, reflecting on the life of his close friend Robin Williams and how he struggled with comedy and depression.
Gould’s right. In 2011, Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada hired an in-house psychologist, Ildiko Tabori, to help out comedians struggling with mental illness. In an interview with
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