Bryan Johnson describes severe chronic depression from relentless work and sleep deprivation while raising his children. He felt cracked, had suicidal thoughts, and smiled while suffering inside. His account connects entrepreneurial pressure and parental responsibility to mental health collapse.
This is building Braintree. I think for me, that the thing this image does more than anything is I'm in so much pain. I had come down with chronic depression. I say come down because not sleeping with children and working very hard as an entrepreneur, I just kind of cracked, and depression was upon me. And so when I look at this, I can see Brian's eyes, and I can see how much pain he's in. Like, it's really hard to be him at this moment, and he just wants to die. And so even though he's smiling inside, he's dying.
