The Hidden Cost of Success: How Sales Saved and Scarred Me

5 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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Charles Cormier reflects on his sales career and how success masked a deepening depression that led to a suicide attempt. He explores the paradox of thriving professionally while struggling mentally, and how his sales identity both saved and damaged him.

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You know, it wasn't necessarily the best move that I ever made but, but you know, the journey was intense. And that like self worth and discipline and this identity that I had created for myself through sales was something that saved me from my own depression just as much as it caused it to flare up as much as it did in the first place. So it was almost as if like I was in a place where like I could ultimately beat it all together, but I could also be like taken away because of it. And the, the, the first time as an adult that I was suicidal and that I actually tried to commit suicide, I was a very high performing salesperson at that point. I had a lot of success. I had a ton of money, I had a ton of favor, I had a ton of connections. I had great circles that like most people would look at my life and be like, man, you're coming up man. This is, this is exciting.