Terry Bradshaw Speaks Out about his Depression

"I thought maybe if I won a Super Bowl ... then maybe two Super Bowls will make me happy, or three or four ... but nothing pleased me." - Terry Bradshaw, see article.

This is the way the Superman complex works. No matter where you're at in life, the feeling is that to be okay you need to be more successful than you are right now, you need to make more money, have a prettier girlfriend, be in the same shape you were in back in college, etc. to be okay. As Terry Bradshaw's statement demonstrates, this feeling doesn't go away when you accomplish those goals, but typically makes you think you need to accomplish them even more or transfers itself to other goals.

For more information about how men's success object pressure can lead to depression or just male depression in general, see MaleDepression.com.

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