A quick heads up before we get started.

This episode mentions suicide and discusses depression.

Please listen with care.

So just to start us off, could you introduce yourself, your name, your age, what you do?

My name is Sean Fury. I'm a writer in Fort Worth, Texas. I'm 36 years

old. And I'm seeing some, like a very interesting background there for you. You've got a poster.

You've got, is that creature from the Black Lagoon? It is. That's my favorite. Sean loves

movies, but he doesn't just love to watch them. He makes them too.

Horrors might go to. We just finished the first leg of a shoot of a horror thriller. It's a vampire film.

Why did you want to make this film?

You know, to kind of work through my own issues with that depression and anxiety, PTSD.

And I chose a vampire type story because I feel like there are times where I felt really low where I just feel like I'm sucking the life out of my family, my wife.

Yeah.

So I decided to make that literal and explore it through a vampire film.

Sean says depression has been part of his life for as long as he can remember. At times, he

says it's been debilitating. There are days where my wife has to physically help me out of bed.

I just can't get up. I can't really bear to face the day. What kind of treatments have you tried over time?

Pretty much anything that came onto the market, I tried. And it is hard because you start taking

it and you don't notice if it works or not for a couple weeks. And then by that point,

you have to kind of wane yourself off of it to try something new.

And in the meantime, those antidepressants can have several side effects on your body,

which are frustrating as well.

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