Comments on: Hospital Music http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/ MUSIC NEWS COMMENTARY DESIGN ACTIVISM Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jes http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-49157 jes Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:14:51 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-49157 First i'd like to say that your music has inspired me since i first heard you...which was like back a long time ago when i was 14. And still to this day your music makes my heart swell with joy, and as fucking corny as that sounds, it's very much the truth. I can somewhat feel what you went through when you were diagnosed with bipolar disorder, just a year ago i was diagnosed with manic depression. The news hit me across the face hard, but it explained why i experienced frequent mood swings. anyway, prior to the diagnosis i suffered tremendously of what seemed to be a deep period of depression, close to suicide. This depression caused me to feel indifferent from others who were happy outside playing, hanging out with people. They would just look at me and say "what's wrong with her?" and nobody did understand me even if tried to explain what i felt. They would nod and say they understood but i knew deep inside they didn't. And well now that i read this, and other people's comments, i feel as closed to being understood than ever before and i feel less of an outsider in this world. Your music has alleviated me through this depression intensely so i thank you sincerely. I'm glad we have a musician and an activist such as yourself in this world. First i’d like to say that your music has inspired me since i first heard you…which was like back a long time ago when i was 14. And still to this day your music makes my heart swell with joy, and as fucking corny as that sounds, it’s very much the truth. I can somewhat feel what you went through when you were diagnosed with bipolar disorder, just a year ago i was diagnosed with manic depression. The news hit me across the face hard, but it explained why i experienced frequent mood swings. anyway, prior to the diagnosis i suffered tremendously of what seemed to be a deep period of depression, close to suicide. This depression caused me to feel indifferent from others who were happy outside playing, hanging out with people. They would just look at me and say “what’s wrong with her?” and nobody did understand me even if tried to explain what i felt. They would nod and say they understood but i knew deep inside they didn’t. And well now that i read this, and other people’s comments, i feel as closed to being understood than ever before and i feel less of an outsider in this world. Your music has alleviated me through this depression intensely so i thank you sincerely. I’m glad we have a musician and an activist such as yourself in this world.

]]> By: kylezee http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-47477 kylezee Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:35:28 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-47477 Matt, i can see how you feel. I too have hypomania or what i think is hypomania. i love all your music and part of me belives that it's because i can relate to all your experences. Granit my life isn't has intense as yours but i do have my moments Matt, i can see how you feel. I too have hypomania or what i think is hypomania. i love all your music and part of me belives that it’s because i can relate to all your experences. Granit my life isn’t has intense as yours but i do have my moments

]]> By: My Favourite Albums of 2007 at i might be wrong http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-34915 My Favourite Albums of 2007 at i might be wrong Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:55:41 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-34915 [...] album is good, but I definitely grew to appreciate it even more after reading Good’s blog, as well as some other reviews that really put things into perspective. Three people that [...] [...] album is good, but I definitely grew to appreciate it even more after reading Good’s blog, as well as some other reviews that really put things into perspective. Three people that [...]

]]> By: margo_0 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-34422 margo_0 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:10:41 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-34422 IMPORTANT unimportant? you be the judge. but if you come accross this, it'd mean the world if you read it through. Reading back on this for the God knows how many-eth time, it's finally hit me on a deeper level than it has in the past. this paragraph is what does it for me; "Eventually, as is always the case with such things, there came a breaking point. For me it was when I began to vomit on a regular basis, sometimes four or five times a day. I would get in the shower on my hands and knees, my head near the drain, and let the water run over me for hours as I struggled not to convulse. It was then that I turned to food supplement drinks and energy bars rather than proper food. In fact, the only thing that I could keep down on a routine basis was, for some strange reason, apples. I also took Gravol on a daily basis, both to knock myself out and to try and stop the vomiting." i feel like my life has come to this. my life has actually always been like this, only it's worsend over the years. i havent actually been diagnosed with anything, out of fear of what the consequences will be, out of embarassement, and guilt for the price it would cost my parents for me to get help. i am only 16 and i feel like my life is over. like something has a firm grip arround it and there is no way for me to be let free. for as long as i can remember, i have always suffered from severe anxiety (which im begining to think is agoraphobia) and the vomiting that goes along with it, sometimes several times a day; which definately makes it difficult to eat at times and to live a normal life (by the way, the thing with the apples totally makes sense to me, fruit just seems to be insanely easy to consume compared to well, anything else). as time goes on, i worry that this will just get worse and worse. i remember being such a happy care-free person, but lately (for the past 3 and a half months), all i've been is depressed, and i cant seem to get arround it. unwillingly, i seem to get anxiety about most things in my everyday life which has gotten to the point where it's insanely untollereable, and just makes me hate everything. i feel like locking myself in a box and not comming out for days, maybe weeks; just sitting there, drawing and writing, or playing guitar (things that relax me, but i rarely have time to do because of all the school related bullshit and a part time job). i want to be able to wake up to a beautiful Toronto morning and enjoy it, instead of being an anxious, self-conscious, doubtful person. Matt, your music really speaks to me, and the fact that you have the courage to open up to the world in the way that you do is truly inspiring. for you to think that someone would laugh at your condition is absolutely ridiculous. everytime i read this i gain more and more respect towards you; as an artist, a musician, a person. a person willing to accept and improve on life. a person who has his faults when times get rough, but is still able to pick himself up afterwards. as unimportant as my message probably is, and how it'll probably never get to you, or at least to the point where you read this far down the page, i just wanted to let you know that your music; your experiences; your thoughts and oppinions; your situation; they get through to people. and they help people. sometimes its what gets them through the day. and what pushes them to keep on getting through to the next day, and the one after that. it got through to me anyways. proof? im still here. arent i? xxx IMPORTANT unimportant? you be the judge. but if you come accross this, it’d mean the world if you read it through.

Reading back on this for the God knows how many-eth time, it’s finally hit me on a deeper level than it has in the past. this paragraph is what does it for me;

“Eventually, as is always the case with such things, there came a breaking point. For me it was when I began to vomit on a regular basis, sometimes four or five times a day. I would get in the shower on my hands and knees, my head near the drain, and let the water run over me for hours as I struggled not to convulse. It was then that I turned to food supplement drinks and energy bars rather than proper food. In fact, the only thing that I could keep down on a routine basis was, for some strange reason, apples. I also took Gravol on a daily basis, both to knock myself out and to try and stop the vomiting.”

i feel like my life has come to this. my life has actually always been like this, only it’s worsend over the years. i havent actually been diagnosed with anything, out of fear of what the consequences will be, out of embarassement, and guilt for the price it would cost my parents for me to get help.

i am only 16 and i feel like my life is over.

like something has a firm grip arround it and there is no way for me to be let free. for as long as i can remember, i have always suffered from severe anxiety (which im begining to think is agoraphobia) and the vomiting that goes along with it, sometimes several times a day; which definately makes it difficult to eat at times and to live a normal life (by the way, the thing with the apples totally makes sense to me, fruit just seems to be insanely easy to consume compared to well, anything else).

as time goes on, i worry that this will just get worse and worse. i remember being such a happy care-free person, but lately (for the past 3 and a half months), all i’ve been is depressed, and i cant seem to get arround it. unwillingly, i seem to get anxiety about most things in my everyday life which has gotten to the point where it’s insanely untollereable, and just makes me hate everything. i feel like locking myself in a box and not comming out for days, maybe weeks; just sitting there, drawing and writing, or playing guitar (things that relax me, but i rarely have time to do because of all the school related bullshit and a part time job). i want to be able to wake up to a beautiful Toronto morning and enjoy it, instead of being an anxious, self-conscious, doubtful person.

Matt, your music really speaks to me, and the fact that you have the courage to open up to the world in the way that you do is truly inspiring. for you to think that someone would laugh at your condition is absolutely ridiculous. everytime i read this i gain more and more respect towards you; as an artist, a musician, a person. a person willing to accept and improve on life. a person who has his faults when times get rough, but is still able to pick himself up afterwards.

as unimportant as my message probably is, and how it’ll probably never get to you, or at least to the point where you read this far down the page, i just wanted to let you know that your music; your experiences; your thoughts and oppinions; your situation; they get through to people. and they help people. sometimes its what gets them through the day. and what pushes them to keep on getting through to the next day, and the one after that.

it got through to me anyways.

proof? im still here.

arent i?

xxx

]]> By: Eriisu-chan http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-33458 Eriisu-chan Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:41:54 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-33458 You amaze me, Matt... With you music, your stories (I own your book... twice), your art... and now this... Man... I'd give anything to meet you one day. Really. Casually hanging out with you is seriously on my dream list. You amaze me, Matt… With you music, your stories (I own your book… twice), your art… and now this…

Man… I’d give anything to meet you one day. Really. Casually hanging out with you is seriously on my dream list.

]]> By: mattsavedme http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-30772 mattsavedme Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:27:34 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-30772 I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your account of your experiences. I too have suffered from severe depression and various forms of anxiety and panic disorders for the past 4 years. The raw emotion that you evoke on Hospital Music is a true reflection of some of the things I have been through. Your music, above all, has gott me through everything. When I would have a down day(or thousands as sometimes was the case) I would pop in one of your records and just get lost in the music. And I remember thinking wow he must be depressed himself, because only someone going through what i was going through could possibly understand and touch my heart like that. I'm glad you're still alive and didn't quit music because if you had I wouldn't be here. The numerous times I've attempted suicide I have been able to "bounce back" so-to-speak based on the prospect of hearing just "one more song" from you. And I've been listening to "just one more song" for 4 years and because of you I'm still here. Thanks a lot Matt. I appreciate your honesty and no matter what may arise your music will always mean the world to me. <3 I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your account of your experiences. I too have suffered from severe depression and various forms of anxiety and panic disorders for the past 4 years. The raw emotion that you evoke on Hospital Music is a true reflection of some of the things I have been through. Your music, above all, has gott me through everything. When I would have a down day(or thousands as sometimes was the case) I would pop in one of your records and just get lost in the music. And I remember thinking wow he must be depressed himself, because only someone going through what i was going through could possibly understand and touch my heart like that. I’m glad you’re still alive and didn’t quit music because if you had I wouldn’t be here. The numerous times I’ve attempted suicide I have been able to “bounce back” so-to-speak based on the prospect of hearing just “one more song” from you. And I’ve been listening to “just one more song” for 4 years and because of you I’m still here. Thanks a lot Matt. I appreciate your honesty and no matter what may arise your music will always mean the world to me.

<3

]]> By: monkeyrevolution http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-30702 monkeyrevolution Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:48:13 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-30702 i had always felt that there had been immense pain in Avalanche. it's all the more touching for it. a lot of people are in situations like yours--those who aren't depressed, don't get it. i was put on effexor last year, which helped more than it didn't...but when it didn't, it was a terrible sort of thing to behold. and some people wondered why i didn't just become more active, or think positive... it doesn't work like that. sometimes, problems are chemical. i'm very grateful that you've shared this. as you can plainly see, it has had an immense and positive effect on those who have written here, and countless others who have not. it made me think of my own mental health again--think that perhaps i should see someone specialized to get to the bottom of it rather than just my family doctor, and that's a decision i hadn't the courage to make before. you may not feel it, but you're awesome. if i'd never known you existed before today, i'm sure i would write this very thing still. <3 i had always felt that there had been immense pain in Avalanche. it’s all the more touching for it.

a lot of people are in situations like yours–those who aren’t depressed, don’t get it. i was put on effexor last year, which helped more than it didn’t…but when it didn’t, it was a terrible sort of thing to behold. and some people wondered why i didn’t just become more active, or think positive…

it doesn’t work like that.

sometimes, problems are chemical.

i’m very grateful that you’ve shared this. as you can plainly see, it has had an immense and positive effect on those who have written here, and countless others who have not. it made me think of my own mental health again–think that perhaps i should see someone specialized to get to the bottom of it rather than just my family doctor, and that’s a decision i hadn’t the courage to make before.

you may not feel it, but you’re awesome. if i’d never known you existed before today, i’m sure i would write this very thing still. <3

]]> By: kevin http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-29735 kevin Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:20:12 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-29735 Well sir, thanks for sharing. I can personally relate to your situation. Obviously to different degrees. This is what sets you apart from everyone else. Your fans love you for you. Continue on this long road and learn to go easy on yourself. Once again thank you! Well sir, thanks for sharing. I can personally relate to your situation. Obviously to different degrees. This is what sets you apart from everyone else. Your fans love you for you. Continue on this long road and learn to go easy on yourself. Once again thank you!

]]> By: satanspice http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-29120 satanspice Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:14:39 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-29120 I want to offer my kudos on this post. I have been trying to write everything I feel I need to let/get/put out about my anxiety/depression and the struggles therein. I have been diagnosed and treated in any number of ways and some days I feel like the right steps have been taken, and then others I feel like maybe I need to go talk to a new doc and try something new. It's a hard thing to admit you need help, and it is even harder to accept that you might need help...again. But reading that you were already under treatment when you hit a freefall reminds me that treatment is ongoing and that a treatment is not a cure. I've always admired you for having the drive and determination to make your voice heard. I hope to find that drive within myself again. It is something I feel I lost awhile back...and am working toward rediscovering my voice again. Thank you for sharing yourself with those of us who need to know we aren't alone in our struggles to offer something more of ourself. I want to offer my kudos on this post. I have been trying to write everything I feel I need to let/get/put out about my anxiety/depression and the struggles therein. I have been diagnosed and treated in any number of ways and some days I feel like the right steps have been taken, and then others I feel like maybe I need to go talk to a new doc and try something new. It’s a hard thing to admit you need help, and it is even harder to accept that you might need help…again. But reading that you were already under treatment when you hit a freefall reminds me that treatment is ongoing and that a treatment is not a cure. I’ve always admired you for having the drive and determination to make your voice heard. I hope to find that drive within myself again. It is something I feel I lost awhile back…and am working toward rediscovering my voice again.
Thank you for sharing yourself with those of us who need to know we aren’t alone in our struggles to offer something more of ourself.

]]> By: Witchy Woman http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-29003 Witchy Woman Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:56:29 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-29003 YOU HANG IN THERE SUNSHINE BECAUSE YOU ARE LOVED BY SO MANY PEOPLE. YOU MAY FEEL ALONE AND LOST BECAUSE I HAVE MANY TIMES BUT THERE IS A TOMORROW FOR YOU. I JUST KNOW IT. ALTHOUGH YOU AND I WILL HONESTLY NEVER MEET AND I DO NOT KNOW YOU VERY WELL AT ALL, YOU ARE IN MY HEART AND IN MY THOUGHTS ALL THE TIME. IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER HUMAN BEING OUT THERE, BEING HUMAN. BIG HUG AND HOLDING TIGHT:^) YOU HANG IN THERE SUNSHINE BECAUSE YOU ARE LOVED BY SO MANY PEOPLE. YOU MAY FEEL ALONE AND LOST BECAUSE I HAVE MANY TIMES BUT THERE IS A TOMORROW FOR YOU. I JUST KNOW IT. ALTHOUGH YOU AND I WILL HONESTLY NEVER MEET AND I DO NOT KNOW YOU VERY WELL AT ALL, YOU ARE IN MY HEART AND IN MY THOUGHTS ALL THE TIME. IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER HUMAN BEING OUT THERE, BEING HUMAN. BIG HUG AND HOLDING TIGHT:^)

]]> By: angelboo http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-28932 angelboo Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:50:22 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-28932 I have read this many times and still I cannot get through it without crying... I don't think I ever will be able to.... My heart hurts.... I have read this many times and still I cannot get through it without crying… I don’t think I ever will be able to….

My heart hurts….

]]> By: daala http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-28918 daala Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:43:16 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-28918 I saw the show for Hospital Music in Montreal last night, and I was just thinking to myself how it was different than your show last year. After reading this entry, I now understand. I have always been a huge fan, I think you have a beautiful voice. I also have always had a heart of gold for those suffering from mental illness because my childhood best friend suffered so greatly and i spent nights by his side in the hospital. (some call it co-dependence, but i’ve since learned to balance it so it’s just a positive trait deeply embedded in my soul). I have always found you brilliant, clever and engaging. I have always laughed out loud at your shows, I never for a second thought you carried the weight of mental illness on your shoulders. I wish you all the best in the world. I know that when i had addictions or felt i was going a bit ”crazy” inside, I turned to a raw food diet (consisting of fruits veggies and raw almonds for protein) and a lot of exercise, and it helped me so so much. You’ve contributed so significantly to the world that no matter how you suffer, you will always be regarded as an exceptional human being. So real. Thank you. I saw the show for Hospital Music in Montreal last night, and I was just thinking to myself how it was different than your show last year. After reading this entry, I now understand.
I have always been a huge fan, I think you have a beautiful voice. I also have always had a heart of gold for those suffering from mental illness because my childhood best friend suffered so greatly and i spent nights by his side in the hospital. (some call it co-dependence, but i’ve since learned to balance it so it’s just a positive trait deeply embedded in my soul).
I have always found you brilliant, clever and engaging. I have always laughed out loud at your shows, I never for a second thought you carried the weight of mental illness on your shoulders.
I wish you all the best in the world. I know that when i had addictions or felt i was going a bit ”crazy” inside, I turned to a raw food diet (consisting of fruits veggies and raw almonds for protein) and a lot of exercise, and it helped me so so much.
You’ve contributed so significantly to the world that no matter how you suffer, you will always be regarded as an exceptional human being. So real.
Thank you.

]]> By: daala http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-28917 daala Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:41:06 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-28917 I saw the show for Hospital Music in Montreal last night, and I was just thinking to myself how it was different than your show last year. After reading this entry, I now understand. I have always been a huge fan, I think you have a beautiful voice. I also have always had a heart of gold for those suffering from mental illness because my childhood best friend suffered so greatly and i spent nights by his side in the hospital. (some call it co-dependence, but i've since learned to balance it so it's just a positive trait deeply embedded in my soul). I have always found you brilliant, clever and engaging. I have always laughed out loud at your shows, I never for a second thought you carried the weight of mental illness on your shoulders. I wish you all the best in the world. I know that when i had addictions or felt i was going a bit "crazy" inside, I turned to a raw food diet (consisting of fruits veggies and raw almonds for protein) and a lot of exercise, and it helped me so so much. You've contributed so significantly to the world that no matter how you suffer, you will always be regarded as an exceptional human being. So real. Thank you. I saw the show for Hospital Music in Montreal last night, and I was just thinking to myself how it was different than your show last year. After reading this entry, I now understand.
I have always been a huge fan, I think you have a beautiful voice. I also have always had a heart of gold for those suffering from mental illness because my childhood best friend suffered so greatly and i spent nights by his side in the hospital. (some call it co-dependence, but i’ve since learned to balance it so it’s just a positive trait deeply embedded in my soul).
I have always found you brilliant, clever and engaging. I have always laughed out loud at your shows, I never for a second thought you carried the weight of mental illness on your shoulders.
I wish you all the best in the world. I know that when i had addictions or felt i was going a bit “crazy” inside, I turned to a raw food diet (consisting of fruits veggies and raw almonds for protein) and a lot of exercise, and it helped me so so much.
You’ve contributed so significantly to the world that no matter how you suffer, you will always be regarded as an exceptional human being. So real.
Thank you.

]]> By: Witchy Woman http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-28892 Witchy Woman Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:23:55 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-28892 MATTHEW you have said it like i could never say it. I also have struggled with what started out as depression in my early childhood and progressed for may years to follow. In 2001 i was finally diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and i have tried many medications. Many of which made my symptoms worse. Effexor was a bad medication for me also, and i have tried many. I call it the legal prescription lobotomy.I never felt worse or more low in my life. The loss of who i had once was is something i will never forget. For 6 years i had changed into someone i had not known or ever seen before. In those darkest days of my life i am suprised i had never taken my life. I had gone over many scenarios of how i would do it and lived them in my mind and i can never explain why i am still here. Something still keeps pulling me back and i just don't think many people quite understand what it really feels like. Something good came of all of my struggles though. I started to write my bio and the things that i had written then i have no idea where they came from. It is in that frame of mind where i draw most of my fears, my hopes, dreams of becoming what society calls normal. My life has changed because of my mental health but i am happy that someone out there gives a shit about me to keep me on this road of life. A very hard go yes but i can say i've travelled it too and i know that you were also not meant to leave this world just yet. You stay focused and on that road because you my friend have a purpose in this life, i just know it. Now if i can only find mine. I HAVE A POEM THAT I WROTE THAT I REALLY WANT TO SHARE. On a break from this world for a little while, I will walk a million miles and will earn my wings in this life. As i struggle and fight my way through this and everyday. I hope to get stronger, holing on for a bit longer. I will break free, come out of hiding. Come out fighting, will at my side. I have to live. There is no break from this life but if i can hang on a little while, I will have walked a million miles and will have earned my wings in this life. -Me- Thanx for listening MATTHEW you have said it like i could never say it. I also have struggled with what started out as depression in my early childhood and progressed for may years to follow. In 2001 i was finally diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and i have tried many medications. Many of which made my symptoms worse. Effexor was a bad medication for me also, and i have tried many. I call it the legal prescription lobotomy.I never felt worse or more low in my life. The loss of who i had once was is something i will never forget. For 6 years i had changed into someone i had not known or ever seen before. In those darkest days of my life i am suprised i had never taken my life. I had gone over many scenarios of how i would do it and lived them in my mind and i can never explain why i am still here. Something still keeps pulling me back and i just don’t think many people quite understand what it really feels like. Something good came of all of my struggles though. I started to write my bio and the things that i had written then i have no idea where they came from. It is in that frame of mind where i draw most of my fears, my hopes, dreams of becoming what society calls normal. My life has changed because of my mental health but i am happy that someone out there gives a shit about me to keep me on this road of life. A very hard go yes but i can say i’ve travelled it too and i know that you were also not meant to leave this world just yet. You stay focused and on that road because you my friend have a purpose in this life, i just know it. Now if i can only find mine. I HAVE A POEM THAT I WROTE THAT I REALLY WANT TO SHARE.
On a break from this world for a little while, I will walk a million miles and will earn my wings in this life. As i struggle and fight my way through this and everyday. I hope to get stronger, holing on for a bit longer. I will break free, come out of hiding. Come out fighting, will at my side. I have to live. There is no break from this life but if i can hang on a little while, I will have walked a million miles and will have earned my wings in this life. -Me- Thanx for listening

]]> By: clouds http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-18977 clouds Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:42:23 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-18977 You are such an incredible individual. I first read these heart wrenching words of yours in April, and wanted very much to post a comment expressing gratitude and admiration for your honesty, as well as my utmost respect for you. However, your words put me in a state of shock - humbled me to silence. Such intimate details of your struggles left me feeling intrusive. What right do I, a complete stranger, have to make any kind of comment on your life? How could I even respond in anything other than cliches? After reading it all, hunched over my computer, I felt like I had just stumbled into some of your most personal and human moments. It made me feel very connected to you, but I thought it unfair that in return all you would get is a "thank you" from some stranger. But here I am, 2 months later, just having re-read it all again. And I feel compelled to tell you, as best I can, how much I admire you for your honesty, your vitality, your passion, your strength of spirit, , and your strength of mind. Your words, and the honest emotion behind them, have always moved me. And here, your story both breaks my heart and humbles me. You have been through so much and struggled so much, and yet you do so much. You are constantly creating, and responding and interacting with the world. Your energy amazes me. From your music, I have always gotten the sense that you are such a genuine and passionate individual - that you respond to the world as someone who is fully alive. There is something so heart wrenchingly honest and passionate about your music and your words which makes me adore them. You stand out to me as this one clear genuine voice amidst a sea of incessant chatter, observing the world with open eyes and an open heart, boldly telling it like it is. In your voice and in your lyrics there is always so much honest emotion. You are so human to me. I hope you can accept my humble thank you for sharing all that you have and do share with us. You are a constant inspiration - for your honesty about your humaness - the good, the bad, the all of it. Please take care! You are such an incredible individual. I first read these heart wrenching
words of yours in April, and wanted very much to post a comment expressing
gratitude and admiration for your honesty, as well as my utmost respect for
you. However, your words put me in a state of shock - humbled me to silence.
Such intimate details of your struggles left me feeling intrusive. What
right do I, a complete stranger, have to make any kind of comment on your
life? How could I even respond in anything other than cliches? After reading
it all, hunched over my computer, I felt like I had just stumbled into some
of your most personal and human moments. It made me feel very connected to
you, but I thought it unfair that in return all you would get is a “thank
you” from some stranger.

But here I am, 2 months later, just having re-read it all again. And I feel
compelled to tell you, as best I can, how much I admire you for your
honesty, your vitality, your passion, your strength of spirit, , and your
strength of mind. Your words, and the honest emotion behind them, have
always moved me. And here, your story both breaks my heart and humbles me.
You have been through so much and struggled so much, and yet you do so much.
You are constantly creating, and responding and interacting with the world.
Your energy amazes me.

From your music, I have always gotten the sense that you are such a genuine
and passionate individual - that you respond to the world as someone who is
fully alive. There is something so heart wrenchingly honest and passionate
about your music and your words which makes me adore them. You stand out to
me as this one clear genuine voice amidst a sea of incessant chatter,
observing the world with open eyes and an open heart, boldly telling it like
it is. In your voice and in your lyrics there is always so much honest
emotion. You are so human to me.

I hope you can accept my humble thank you for sharing all that you have and
do share with us.

You are a constant inspiration - for your honesty about your humaness - the
good, the bad, the all of it.

Please take care!

]]> By: monkey_bacon http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-18861 monkey_bacon Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:36:38 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-18861 Thank you Thank you

]]> By: Kyle_G http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-16441 Kyle_G Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:16:29 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-16441 Matt, I just want to thank-you. I don't have a lot of words to say...I just know that this blog has opened something in my mind that was locked away...just thank-you. You've just touched one more person.. Good health, Kyle Matt,

I just want to thank-you. I don’t have a lot of words to say…I just know that this blog has opened something in my mind that was locked away…just thank-you. You’ve just touched one more person..

Good health,

Kyle

]]> By: Moonlight Graham http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-13640 Moonlight Graham Mon, 14 May 2007 21:42:34 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-13640 Matt, as someone who also suffers from anxiety & depression & has been through similar things as you, i'm amazed at how brave you arein sharing this whole story so publically. I don't even like telling people i know about my problems, let alone the world. Your openess over the past months has inspired me to be more open about my illness in a positive way. And hopefully people reading this who suffer from a mental illness will seek help before having to go through the depths people like us have. And please if your health is so bad again sometime in the future that you need to cancel some tour shows then please do so, judging by the responses here i'm sure your fans would more than understand. Your next record will mean much more to me now after reading this entry. Good luck & good health. Matt, as someone who also suffers from anxiety & depression & has been through similar things as you, i’m amazed at how brave you arein sharing this whole story so publically. I don’t even like telling people i know about my problems, let alone the world. Your openess over the past months has inspired me to be more open about my illness in a positive way. And hopefully people reading this who suffer from a mental illness will seek help before having to go through the depths people like us have.

And please if your health is so bad again sometime in the future that you need to cancel some tour shows then please do so, judging by the responses here i’m sure your fans would more than understand.

Your next record will mean much more to me now after reading this entry. Good luck & good health.

]]> By: mariner http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-13430 mariner Fri, 11 May 2007 04:19:35 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-13430 Sorry about your condition, Matt. So many artists seem to have bipolar or other personality disorders that it seems that the rest of us are missing something with our relatively flat perceptions. Equinimity is not without its burdens, too. Sorry about your condition, Matt. So many artists seem to have bipolar or other personality disorders that it seems that the rest of us are missing something with our relatively flat perceptions. Equinimity is not without its burdens, too.

]]> By: James17930 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-13420 James17930 Thu, 10 May 2007 19:30:06 +0000 http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/04/hospital-music/#comment-13420 I've been following your career and blog for so long, so it's strange in a way to read this and fit together all the disparate things I was aware of (and not aware of) to what I remember. I hope that writing this was as important and cathartic for you as it was for your fans and well-wishers to read it. Take care Matt. James I’ve been following your career and blog for so long, so it’s strange in a way to read this and fit together all the disparate things I was aware of (and not aware of) to what I remember.

I hope that writing this was as important and cathartic for you as it was for your fans and well-wishers to read it.

Take care Matt.

James

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