Alastair Campbell opens up to LBC on his mental health struggles | Iain Dale's Mental Health Hour

Alastair Campbell joined Iain Dale's Mental Health Hour to discuss his new book Better to Live: How I Learnt to Survive Depression. He revealed to LBC how an encounter with Eric Clapton helped him deal with his mental health struggles.
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[@andrewwells6323]

Hard as it can be to believe for someone who has mental health issues but I survived depression. I struggled with it for 9 years, and I today live day-by-day without it being in anyway a part of my life. I haven't just found a way to coup with symptoms or a way of persisting through it, it's completely gone and I don't feel depressed anymore.

[@myrescuecats3028]

Well said A drew.Please keep it up.❤️❤️

[@dantory1]

I wonder how many soldiers developed mental health conditions after serving in Campbell's war in Iraq.

[@respectforkurt944]

Since the Iraq War I've never met anyone, not one person who agreed with it- and ive asked quite a few. I'm sure Campbell has supporters, but using reason and logic it probably derives from people who were too young to recall that whole period. It's frankly staggering that he's getting interviews, stunning in my view.

[@nifralo2752]

They do exist. Supporters of the current Iraqi government for example. Many people in Iran since Saddam had attacked their country and massacred their people ect.

[@templarknight5557]

Whats more obnoxious ! To think anyone cares about Campbell or the fact interviewers give him air time.

[@jakbowtell9367]

To all the wankers making light of mental illness, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Also for everyone calling AC’s mental torment, karma for the Iraq war, he had a full on breakdown in his twenties when he was a journalist and was arrested for his safety and hospitalised far before he had anything to do with politics.

[@Mark-qw4tu]

only listened to 5 mins till i felt depressed

[@myrescuecats3028]

🤣

[@amyforbes3180]

This is an interesting man his documentry was great glad he is speaking out about mental health it is a horrible thing to have wouldn't wish it on anybody can't wait to read his book

[@jota3732]

I bet you can’t

[@nasiradan2872]

why are people so horrible. imagine it was your family or friends going through this. you should all be ashamed

[@alibobsmarland9572]

If this bullying obnoxious man was a family member I would have disowned him. Vile.

[@jota3732]

Ali Farahuk wake up .

[@michaeldean5787]

Ali Farahuk, the guy is spinning you a yarn - he is not to be trusted. The reason he's doing it is so you'll sympathise with him and thus overlook his many crimes against humanity.

[@graystar777]

45 minutes and millions dead, I'd be depressed too

[@ginskimpivot753]

Well, guilt at being complicit in an illegal war and protecting a liar after the David Kelly debacle _would_ have the tendency to trigger anxiety, depression, and a range of other mental disorders. Not so depressed so as to not be in a fit state to record it all and then sell it as part of the self-therapy, though, so let's be thankful for that. So, thanks, Alistair. Seriously. It's an absolute blessing we have your book to turn to should we ever be embroiled in a similarly high-level conspiracy...and get found out.

[@user-xv4id9xx7u]

If I was a treacherous remoaner it would've taken the toll on my mental health as well. But I am not, I respect democracy, unlike this clown.

[@user-xv4id9xx7u]

@Praxis Alba What is a scam is the EU that nobody consented to, ever more power grabbing, more powers taking, more taxes introducing, none of which with any mandate or legitimacy. So go crying somewhere else, nobody cares about your EU propaganda.

[@user-xv4id9xx7u]

@Praxis Alba Ah yes, the typical EU propaganda and lies about sovereign nations ruled by Brussels eurocrats, the veto that got so limited by the Lisbon Treaty that it ceased to exist for most things, the artificially propped-up numbers of passed legislation (hint: the commission only gives things to vote when they are expected to pass) and so on. Keep on lying and repeating the propaganda. It stopped working years ago in case you haven't noticed.

[@goitre002]

Maybe it's his conscience eating him away. Obnoxious know all who's had his day. Why give him airtime he's now irrelevant.

[@andyhunt457]

Because it might stop someone from killing themselves...

[@bobstar7299]

The hand and arm movement,he is acting

[@myrescuecats3028]

Just be grateful for the kind comment.Typical you always say to much.

[@joestuttard1495]

nice interview

[@respectforkurt944]

The Iraq war resulted in tens of thousands of casualties- and it was, as we all subsequently learned, a pointless war with no w.m.d's found at all. One would have thought, based on logic that THOSE facts probably contributed to masses getting depressed (understatement).

[@reopenthecase9291]

So true!!

[@alexboston343]

I've actually been fortunate enough to speak to Alistair Cambell in person on this, amongst other things, and its important to understand his role in this. He was and is the media guy -- he was responsible for marketing and selling New Labour. His input on decision making was informing the leadership to the extent to which he could spin it. How is he a war criminal? It was not his job to know whether the Iraq war was justified or not.

[@respectforkurt944]

@@alexboston343 where did I say he is a war criminal?- I've never said that, ever.

[@respectforkurt944]

@@alexboston343 So (because his job was media man only) are you saying Campbell should've NOT spoke out against the war if he allegedly believed that it was unjust at the time? - how do you square that with his non stop projection of 'integrity'? He's a man of values, authority and integrity after all....

[@respectforkurt944]

​@@alexboston343 How can the Iraq war be seen as a success?

[@timeslips]

Trying to paint himself as human with weakness won't wash with me, maybe Blair asked Alistair....should we go to war? either way thick as thieves...you can't re-write your legacy, it's not a book.

[@craphead9842]

Put him in a mental health hospital and throw away the key.... Endof regards Tony

[@geezalee1677]

I'm getting to like Iain Dale, not as bad as those nasty right-wingers, he's fair.

[@stephenconlon653]

You can hardly cp Iain’s relationship with a guy with Alistairs with a woman, women are actually different from men!

[@timmyisownedbypjtoastieand3867]

Thought he got eaten by a raptor in jurassic park

[@michaeldean5787]

The guy is a snake - a master at deception. I can't understand how anyone can believe a word that comes out of his mouth

[@dinxruntings]

Please...do one. This guy is the cause of mental illness.

[@myrescuecats3028]

Some people would do anything to make money so writing a book won’t help it will only make him think where he went wrong. Playing bag pipes would drive me up the wall

[@margaretdooley2742]

Lovely man

[@christopherbrittain6351]

Am I the only person that finds the fact that this man who was, let’s be honest, the power behind Tony Blair’s premiership was on medication and suffering from depression during that time!!! Probably goes a long way to explain the lunatic politics of those years😵

[@jota3732]

Blair and his cronies, are why we are at this point now , although I think it’s his wife ( Cherie ) that was pulling the strings .

[@johndavies5985]

Macbeth moment? I don't think so as he has no conscience.

[@Nigelforemporor]

That's what happens if you do the devils work

[@scottthomson4522]

Lol cracking up he should be in prison ffs

[@richardmayo6076]

I'd be depressed too if i had the blood of thousands of innocent women and children on my hands

[@myrescuecats3028]

No You have just been like this for ever.

[@Kraken54321]

He's got Brexit delusion syndrome that's for sure.

[@questionade4229]

Karma

[@brianjones779]

Wouldn’t believe this man if he told me the queen was a woman 😡

[@lose8447]

But he’s already had a whole bbc show about it.....

[@jsk9756]

🙄

[@philcordwell9560]

How many skeletons in the cupboard has he got with Blair( sorry Murdered victims )

[@hannahw4769]

He is a horrible man, he has a really bad heart. I wouldn’t waste 40 something minutes listening to him and only stayed less than three minutes to write my comment.

[@robbiepethicksrightear3352]

It took you 3 minutes to write your comment?

[@professorpuntmuts]

Unsubscribed

[@raziel3726]

Hang the War Criminal!!