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Billy Joel Depression Anxiety Interview
Billy Joel has depression, he admits in an interview with the New York Times, and blames 9/11 for his depression and use of alcohol to self-medicate.
Interviewer Andrew Goldman asked Billy Joel, “A decade ago, before you entered rehab, there was a period of two years in which you had three car accidents that involved hitting inanimate objects. What was going on with you at the time?”
Billy Joel said…
I was kind of in a mental fog, and it had nothing to do with the booze. My mind wasn’t right. I wasn’t focused. I went into a deep, deep depression after 9/11. 9/11 just knocked the wind out of me, and I don’t know even now if I’ve recovered from it. It really, really hurt that man could do that to man. And then there was a breakup with somebody, and it took me a while to get me back on my feet again.
Andrew Goldman replied, “You know they have medication for that.” And Billy Joel responded. “Well, I used booze as medication.”
Traumatic psychological stress can cause depression anxiety, and 9/11 was a traumatic event for millions of Americans, especially New Yorkers, which resulted in PTSD for many.
Learn More: What Causes Depression Anxiety
Alcohol is a very common way people with depression anxiety try to self-medicate. Unfortunately, alcohol with it’s high gluten and sugar content, makes depression anxiety worse and prevents recovery.
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Looking at a picture of Billy Joel during his darkest days, you can see the signs of depression anxiety, inflammation of the body and face. What you can’t see from a photo of Billy Joel, is the inflammation taking place inside the body and brain, which causes depression anxiety.
How Billy Joel Got Depression Anxiety
The initially traumatic stress from 9/11, and the chronic stress from the aftermath of 9/11, combined with the stress from a failing marriage, was what caused Billy Joel’s depression anxiety.
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Chronic stress sets off a physiological chain reaction, starting with the constant release of the stress hormone cortisol, which interrupts and stops the digestive system, causing inflammation and damage to the gastrointestinal tract (gut), which opens the door to the bloodstream, allowing undigested food particles and toxins to enter the blood stream, invoking an immuno-inflammatory response, which releases cytokines that enter the brain and cause inflammation in the brain, leading to depression anxiety.
Learn More: Gut Brain Connection and Depression Anxiety
Alcohol increases the damage to the gut, and produces more inflammation, making depression anxiety condition worse. Once the gut is damaged and inflamed, even if you quit alcohol, depression anxiety will remain as long as the gut is damaged.
How Billy Joel Can Recover From Depression Anxiety
The way for Billy Joel, and everyone else, to recover from depression anxiety is to heal the gut. This requires eliminating the constant release of the stress hormone cortisol through cognitive behavior therapy, a non-inflammatory diet, and supplements to heal and repair the gut.
The Depression Anxiety Recovery Plan also uses exercise to fight stress, increase neuron growth in the area of the brain responsible for depression anxiety, improve digestion, and metabolism of nutrients.
If you have depression anxiety, or you know someone with depression anxiety, learn more about our natural depression anxiety alternative, and get started on your recovery with our step by step Guide to Depression Anxiety Recovery.
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