HeвЂ™s still doing it and says it was, literally, a life-saver. He found one overseas and talks to the therapist via Skype.

He didnвЂ™t want to be the first.Д«ut he did. None of them, as far as he knew, had to see a therapist. He attributes that in part to being one of nine kids in a family of what might easily be seen as super-achievers. HeвЂ™d been putting off seeing a therapist. But it also gave me an awaking that I needed to take action.вЂќ It felt like a really selfish moment for me. вЂњBecause I have a little girl at home that I love more than anything. вЂњAnd I thought, man, thatвЂ™s really awful and scary,вЂќ Reynolds said. The pressure from the fame, a new wife, a new child вЂ“ it somehow all combined to bring him down. Depression, which heвЂ™d dealt with for years, had reached the bottom.

TheyвЂ™ve already sold millions of their first two albums and are in the process of recording a third.ДЇrom the outside, Reynolds had everything going for him. TheyвЂ™ve had number one hits, theyвЂ™ve won a Grammy. What makes that more striking is that this was at a time when Reynolds and his Las Vegas-based band, Imagine Dragons, was gaining fans around the world. I just thought, вЂMan if I die right now, I donвЂ™t care.вЂ™вЂќ But I was totally, I donвЂ™t know if вЂat peaceвЂ™ is the word. It was the scariest experience I had on a plane. вЂњI felt like- we were on this little jet and it was just really goingВ crazy. Even with a loving wife and a new child at home. Sure, itвЂ™d be awful to die in a crash, he guessed. But as crashing entered Dan ReynoldвЂ™s mind, he found himself puzzled at his own ambivalence.

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