Bruce Springsteen, Manhood and Mental Health
Bruce Springsteen has been trying to heal himself while trying to heal us. What does healing mean when you’ve been wounded, as a male, since childhood? In a world telling you to "suck it up, be tough, not complain, and not cry, ever", it's a confounding question.
The author has been asking himself this question since childhood, and Bruce Springsteen, one of America’s most self-reflective and prolific singers, has been grappling with it as well.
The author was captivated by Springsteen's voice, storytelling, and magnetism, and was affected by the film Deliver Me from Nowhere, about Springsteen’s struggle to make his historic Nebraska album in 1982.
It is a confounding question I have been asking myself since a kid, and a conundrum Bruce Springsteen... has been grappling with as well.
Author's summary: Bruce Springsteen's music reflects his struggle with manhood and mental health.