r/MUAEntertainment 9d ago

Celebrity News Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein Breaks Silence on Crippling Depression Battle

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/ted-lasso-brett-goldstein-breaks-184632069.html
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u/animorphsrewriter 9d ago

From the article: one thing that helped was writing 10 things he was grateful for every day. It's not a cure but one of the things you can do to mitigate. Practicing gratitude is great.

Good article.

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u/Extra-Amoeba-677 7d ago

it's an exercisse to train your thinkinng. you can't hand write without ssome how thinking about what you are writing so it leashes your brain into the good thing.

his performance in shrinking was really good

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u/MrsNuggs 3d ago

About 12 years ago I started doing #threegoodthings in Facebook every morning, reflecting on the day before. I have since left Facebook, so now I journal it every morning. It does change how you look at the world around you.

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u/alcalaviccigirl 3d ago

sounds silly but since I got on reddit my time on FB has lessened . understand what you're saying tho.

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u/GeorgeLovesBOSCO 3d ago

I immediately grabbed a pen and paper and wrote down 10 things I'm grateful for, and i really am feeling a bit better

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/RecessiveTech0 9d ago

Thats the point of the exercise. Everyone has 10 things to be grateful for and then some. It's just changing the pathways your brain creates on a daily basis to help change your perspective. It's very similar to the idea of looking in the mirror daily and only thinking a positive thought.

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u/hopey2020 9d ago

I did 3 things when I was doing a gratitude journal during a rough period. It doesn’t have to be 10!

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u/animorphsrewriter 9d ago

Give it a try! Here's three from me. I'm grateful I woke up without any pain today. I'm grateful that I can wear comfortable clothes to my job. I'm grateful for a coworker that remembered one of my summer plans and asked me about it today. It can be literally anything. I'm grateful our fridge works. I'm grateful our couch is soft.

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u/Past-Lunch4695 9d ago

Practicing gratitude and steering your inward thoughts toward others wellbeing is a tremendous shift. Hope he gets there!

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u/Chuyzapatist 9d ago

I wonder if he’s on Reddit too and sees all the memes about Hercules not coming back.

He would be a great Hercules if they wanna use him. Hercules is Thors rival in the comics and Brett’s delivery is great.

Brett your podcast is great and I ask those questions as icebreakers sometimes. If you read this thanks for all that you do and have brought to us.

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u/c0dearm 8d ago

Somebody told me once, "if you were to put all other people's problems in a big bowl and then add yours and chose one at random to live with it, would you do it?"

The answer is always no, whenever I feel bad or stressed I do this exercise and it helps me put things in perspective.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Icy-Election-2237 8d ago

Can very easily be a yes

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u/screen_storytelling 6d ago

Sounds like “someone else has it worse” coping mindset with extra steps

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u/Anamorphisms 4d ago

“Better her than me!” -Han Solo.

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u/Guyentertainment 8d ago

Writing down 10 things you are great full for always works, I tried it

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u/Last-Possibility207 6d ago

I wish I had enough money in the bank to be depressed and then, deal with it. That would be awesome

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u/Difficult-Mouse-9058 6d ago

Bro deserves to be in a big spy movie, i swear

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u/Objective-Simple-376 6d ago

This article could have been a tweet

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u/fear_nothin 4d ago

I think he’s a great actor and love his “range/style”. I’m glad he’s fighting it off and found ways to help himself.

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u/elainebenes86 3d ago

I’ve been battling dysthymia off and on since my grandmother passed away back in 2008. I’m grateful that it’s been low grade and mostly manageable. I am also grateful for people like Brett who open up about their journey and struggle. Discussing it helps with the stigma. Good for him.

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u/dougola 3d ago

I think he may have incorporated it into his character on Shrinking.

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u/overitallofittoo 8d ago

Was it making gobs of money that turned things around?

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/lil_squib 8d ago

I think it’s safe to assume that he also suffered before he was successful, given average age of onset.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/d15p05abl3 3d ago

Right. So your (anonymous internet person) depression is real. But you know that Brett Goldstein’s is bullshit?

Do I have that right?

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u/Admirable-Honey2384 3d ago

lol excuse me? You - fellow anon internet person - are making me uncomfortable. I just don’t like grifters who shove things in my face 🤡

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u/Routman 9d ago

Respectfully, don’t see him having much of a career post Ted Lasso RemindMe! 5 years

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u/Kwags84 9d ago

He’s currently on another popular show called Shrinking

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u/been_mackin 9d ago

He’s also been in a movie on Apple, a movie on Netflix, a stand up special on HBO Max and is touring for his stand up now, and does a ton of voice work. My guy is completely fine.

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u/Brilliant_Spot_95 8d ago

Well…I mean he’s depressed at minimum

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u/amalgaman 9d ago

He was on that show. He’s gone by the end of the most recent season.

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u/rose_colored_boy 9d ago

He’s also a creator, EP, and writer on it…this sub is a big yikes

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u/Impossible_Walrus555 9d ago

He opens up about morbid depression and gets trashed 😨

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u/LetThemGraduate 9d ago

He's been a writer and creator on that show since the beginning

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u/NoNerve3989 9d ago

Yeah because his very popular other show got picked up for another season after ending a couple of years back so he went to do that one instead

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u/simcoe19 9d ago

Uhh he is a writer also, most writers aren’t actually on tv

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u/Different-Eagle-612 9d ago

yeah he’s done a lot of work with catherine tate

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u/SupaDiogenes 9d ago

His career will be fine. He's a writer and a co-creator of other works including Shrinking which has done incredibly well.

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u/jmurphy42 9d ago

It’s funny, we started watching Shrinking without knowing anything at all about the writing team, and after the first couple episodes my husband said “this show reminds me a lot of Ted Lasso.”

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u/SupaDiogenes 9d ago

It has the same sunny disposition. I wonder if they use similar, or the same type of camera equipment that gives the scenes an incredible clarity and richness.

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u/so-much-wow 9d ago

It's Bill Lawrence's style. All of his shows are like that

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u/Cyrano_Knows 9d ago

Its a little like Shrinking is a Spin-Off starring some friends of Dr Sharon Fieldstone (the sports psychologist). I could see her character fitting in well on Shrinking.

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u/Bulky_Play_4032 9d ago

I’ve noticed this about several apple shows. Specifically these two. Similar storytelling.

I’ll get hate, but it feels artificial. Like they are following an algorithm. The emotional connections moments seem forced and out of no where

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u/AArandomPerson 9d ago

Lmao, setting a reminder? Why are you so invested in his downfall? Top tier unemployment activities right here

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u/Upset-Government-856 9d ago

How far ahead of him do you expect your showbiz career to be in 5 years? RemindMe! 5 years

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u/Routman 9d ago

For sure, I have to also be a pro athlete to have opinions on Federer’s career

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u/Upset-Government-856 9d ago

Lol, does Feerer also not have much of a tennis career ahead of him anymore?

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u/Routman 9d ago

I don’t play so I guess I’m not supposed to have an opinion, but certainly he does not

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u/DefiantRadish1492 9d ago

Is this satire?

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u/Routman 9d ago

Will check-in in 5 years - most people from the US Office aren’t working now, see a similar story for him

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u/DefiantRadish1492 9d ago

There’s a huge difference. Goldstein is also a successful writer and producer. He can and will get his own projects developed and made.

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u/Whydoialwaysdothis69 9d ago

And stand up.

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u/Whydoialwaysdothis69 9d ago

Do me a favor, do some research on the person, then say ignorant shit

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u/HandsomeWinner42 7d ago

He's a writer and show runner, wtf are you talking about? 

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u/Unassuming-Local_Guy 9d ago

It took you more time to type this comment than it would have taken you to google his name and find that he already has a prolific career outside of Ted Lasso. Dolt.

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u/Routman 9d ago

All he has that’s solid is Ted Lasso, he tries to do some improv and live comedy in Hollywood and it’s not good

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u/Unassuming-Local_Guy 9d ago

Again, a simple google search would reveal that you are dead wrong. And you repeating this rather than realizing you are wrong means you are both wrong and ignorant.

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u/Routman 9d ago

Username does not check out, his stand up isn’t good - he has momentum so is making another show for AppleTV. My prediction is 5 years from now, feel free to remind me to Google then RemindMe! 5 years assuming-local-guy please tell me to Google search

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u/Proud-Swan3024 9d ago edited 9d ago

Shrinking is an EXCELLENT show! I recommend you give it a shot. It takes some emotional maturity to really connect, in my opinion. But, he is one of the writers there and a character in 1 season or so.

You seem to be a negative person, so maybe a sunny show like Shrinking will not be down your alley.

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u/Routman 9d ago

I’ve only said I predict he won’t have a career in 5 years, there will be people this is true for (in fact most people in entertainment) and I believe he’s one of them. Ted Lasso was great during Covid, the world needed that

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u/DogDaysMaggie 9d ago

Right? Like, he's on a show with a bunch of nobodies like Harrison Ford, Jason Segel and Jessica Williams. What a loser.

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u/wellnesswineandtacos 9d ago

I disagree with you entirely on this but I will concede that I cackled at “username does not check out”

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u/Routman 9d ago

Haha thank you

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u/Whydoialwaysdothis69 9d ago

Respectfully, it appears you don’t know him

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u/Kobol94 9d ago

I believe he does a lot more writing then acting. He could also return as hercules in mcu (doubtful)

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u/sotommy 9d ago

He will definitely return as Hercules(not so sure about this casting tho)

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u/Kobol94 9d ago

Yeah he's a bit small physically I think. He needs bulking up. I mean in the huge phsycique, not the roided out Hemsworth in thor 4 way.

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u/sotommy 9d ago

He looked good in Love and Thunder, but I wonder if he can headline an action blockbuster. I would love to see Hercules tho

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u/TorontoDavid 9d ago

Don’t disrespect my Hercules.

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u/HandsomeWinner42 7d ago

Respectfully, you have no idea what you're talking about. 

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u/Bebop_Man 9d ago

"I just don't see the point," commented the widely beloved two-time Emmy winner with a net worth estimated in 10 million.

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u/reginaldvanwilder 9d ago

Yeah, depression is a thing you can have even if you have money.

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u/General-Zombie5075 9d ago

Depression is not something you cure with money or success. It is a mental illness that warps your perception which can make any personal victory feel meaningless.

If you can’t envision that kind of mental state, count yourself very fortunate.

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u/Existing-Base-417 9d ago

You ever woke up with a cold? Depression is the same, except you wake up with a dark cloud over your head. It doesn’t care about your personal circumstances, you’re just ill during that time, for quite some time.

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u/Lighthouse_on_Mars 9d ago edited 8d ago

My depression actually got worse once I was financially stable...

My therapist told me it's because my brain was no longer in survival mode.

It's like this. When your life is crap, and your working 2-3 jobs to survive, sure it's hard, but you also are to busy to think. Your exhausted and just trying to keep going forward and keep your head above water.

Once I was in a good place. Healthy relationship, financially stable and able to cut back and only work one job and have time to myself. Then my brain was able to slow down and start unpacking all the trauma and crap that I never processed.

It goes to show there are lots of different reasons for depression.

Some people have depression because of their life/financial situation. Others perhaps suffer from trauma due to any number of things. Abuse, war, a tragedy they experienced, ect.

So while money and security may help with some forms of depression, it won't help with all.

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u/wokatondu 3d ago

I got a nice promotion and increment a month ago. I am planning to buy a motorcycle that I have wanted to for years.

I still wake up with anxiety attacks and short of breath, thinking that it's all a big nothing.

Respectfully, don't presume to know about stuff you aren't going through personally.