It's Depresh Mode. I'm John Moe. I'm glad you're here.

Before we get started, I wanted you to know that today is day one of the 2024 Max Fun Drive.

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We rely on you.

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show about mental health, put it out into the world, let people benefit from it, and then ask

people to support the continued existence of that show, of this show, Depressmode. It's a show that can

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Where you are now with your mental health is not necessarily where you will always be. If things are bad, they could get better. I can't make

any promises as to when that will be or what that will look like, but I just want you to know that

it is possible. There is reason to hope. There is reason to keep trying to get to a better place. When you're in a bad place,

it can feel permanent. I'm telling you right now, that's not always so. In the summer of

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