Theo Von Is Going Through It

Theo Von Is Going Through It

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Last weekend, Theo Von had a rough night during the taping of his Netflix special. He bombed , and afterward said something along the lines of how he was just trying not to take his own life.

Yesterday, Von returned to his podcast to explain what happened. About a month ago, he began weaning himself off antidepressants ahead of the special because he wanted “to have a little more emotion during it. I wanted to have this kind of like - I just wanted to have some more feelings. If you’ve ever taken antidepressants, or if you haven’t, it kind of takes away your feelings, you know? So you just kind of stay in this space where you’re okay.”

That tracks. SSRIs can have a dulling effect (which is often the point for people dealing w