“You’re saying, well gee, I’m the CEO or I’m the Goldman Sachs partner or partner at McKinsey or whatever the high status thing is, and I’m supposed to have my life under control and people look at me for leadership … this is not supposed to be happening to me.”
His depression really hit him in his 30s. He said he went from being a fully-functioning consultant at a top firm to being unable to get out of bed. He said his depression made it difficult for him to function and caused “almost a physical feeling of being in a hole.”
He’s also seen a stigma of depression among his peers. He spoke of a colleague from a similar background who didn’t get the help he needed, and finally “locked himself in his car and stuck a hose in the tailpipe.” He left behind a wife and three kids.
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