Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington’s Widow Reaches Out To Scott Stapp

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Late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington’s widow Talinda has reached out to former Creed frontman Scott Stapp to thank him for speaking about mental health issues in recent interviews. She wrote, “Thank U 4 speaking out about mental health in a interview. I invite u to look at my feed & see/join the #fuckdepression movement.” Stapp later responded, “We stand w/u in this fight!This illness is taking 2many lives &hurting 2 many families. Let’s create as much awareness as possible.”

Stapp discussed Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington in a new Oakland Press interview.

After struggling with his own psychological issues in recent years, the deaths of Cornell and Bennington hit Stapp “hard,” but he’s hopeful that they’ll also “start a conversation and people will begin to talk about the seriousness of mental health issues and begin to develop some more compassion and understanding and be more sympathetic when they see someone who is suffering with something that is making them act or behave out of character, or if they see a friend or family member who is starting to slip into a depression, they’ll react and be there for them and hopefully be there to help them get the help that they need to stay alive and return to themselves. There’s still a tremendous amount of stigma out there, and judgment and just ignorance and lack of understanding. We need to get past that so there are less deaths and better roads to recovery.”

He also told App, “Most people don’t understand,” Stapp said. “They look at someone in rock (who commits suicide) and they say, ‘They’re rich and famous, how can they kill themselves?’ You can have money but that’s not everything. Success isn’t everything.”

Talinda Bennington has also continued to communicate with fans dealing with suicidal thoughts and mental health issues on Twitter with the #FuckDepression hashtag. She also gave an update on the One More Light Foundation. If you are dealing with mental health issues, you can call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or enter their live chat.

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