My Thoughts on the Passing of Chris Cornell, and Dealing With My Own Sadness
Today has been a difficult day for me, but I am not alone. It has been a difficult day for hundreds of thousands of people, maybe even millions of people. This morning, news broke that Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave, was found dead at his hotel room. This came as a shock, and for the first ten minutes within hearing this news, I was in total disbelief, How could he pass away all of a sudden just like that. Later on, it was reported that he committed suicide.I went from disbelief and sadness to depression. I don't like to throw that word out there loosely, because I know that depression is what caused Chris, and so many others, to take their own lives. I don't like to throw that word out there loosely because I know what it's like to have gone through a depression and to live with it from time to time. I've been thinking a lot about this today, and I've been very hesitant to write anything for fear of what others might ...