Yes I actually told him about all of you, I explained how amazing and healing it has been talking to you guys💙 I tried to explain the out pour of community and belonging that is Here! Or the positive welcoming and feeling of safety I have here . He admitted he was worried and didn’t know how to approach the subject of therapy or group meetings…but that in just this past week he noticed a subtle lightness in me. He is going with me on the 27th, I have forewarned him of the emotions that will be felt at least for me. But I told him that if the love from the soldiers here was this healing I could only imagine what I will feel there in person!
I truly from the bottom of my heart want to say thank you to all of you that have helped me in these past weeks…for the first time in a long time I can honestly say you guys have saved my life! If it wasn’t for all of you, my fiancee may have been planning my service instead of a trip…you guys are amazing
I hope you are doing well danni1317. I just stumbled on this thread and it hits me right in the heart. I deal with depression and other demons for a long time. I’ve been very depressed since my birthday. My birthday is the day we lost Chester. It was the first year in a long time that I thought I could keep my depression at bay and not cry or slip into darkness. Well around noon central time I was told about Chaz and it’s been haunting me ever since. I’ve found peace in listening to their music. I took a break from LinkIn park two years after minutes to midnight came out. It is my biggest regret which sounds really dumb but knowing how much all of them mean to me and how much their music has helped pull me from suicidal thoughts. No one seems to understand that. I feel so alone half the time and so misunderstood. Earlier this week i became depressed for no reason at all. I find when I get like that listening to Battle Symphony has really helped me. This band is my armor. Even though in life I am so very alone I can put on my headphones and listen to Chester. He reminds me I can get through it. I hope you are doing well. I hope the concert will be really healing for you! Wish I could be there…I will be in spirit 
It makes me very happy to hear you say that he noticed a lightness in you 
Keep the good vibes up and whenever anything tries to knock you down just roll with the punch and hold onto that good feeling
It’s very nice to hear that your fiancé was open to going with you, I’m sure so long as you communicate how you feel he will do his best to be there however he sees fit to support you
That must have been very difficult to go through on your birthday 
very different but my family’s best friend, the only one we’ve really ever counted on passed away from cancer a couple years back and it happened during my little brother’s birthday and it just was a gut wrenching feeling…
dont feel like you’re alone in anything though, people we care about never leave us and if you spend time enough around here you’ll see there’s many people here that feel the same way about music or an artist like Chester so it’s not just you who’s weird, we all are 
I hope you’re doing well too and are able to find closure… and I think it will feel like everybody who ever found comfort in his music is there all together
You definitely will be! All of u guys that couldn’t make will be there with us! And believe me, I never in a million years thought I could find that support that I was missing but I did here! I know it’s a long process and it will never be over but I have found a strong foundation to start over on💙 we can get thru this darkness together! I’m here if you ever want to talk
Ya I was excited when he agreed, then when I had the 1st presale code I got ours, then had a 2nd one , and even on Thursday I was sent a 3rd one from livenation! He was convinced that I was meant to go!! HE was even more shocked when I told him I have the extra presale codes to fellow soldiers. That’s when I was able to explain. How much this place has helped with beginning to clear my mind. I downloaded ur song and I listen to it either walking home from work or to work:blue_heart:
My real name is Cooper just so u know and i agree with Linkin Park music helping people pull away from sucidal thoughts because i think in my opinion that it did help me but also i had friends and family to rely on toso I know where yuo’re coming from
I’m glad to see that you’re ok, @danni1317 ! 
It’s great that you’re talking with your fiancee and he’s starting to listen and understand! Good way to go! 
Enjoy the concert together, he’ll be there for you, I’m sure! And we’ll all be there with you
We’re not weird, we’re just different and unique 
If others don’t understand us, it’s just because they’re different too
@cassie361 I’m sorry for what you’ve been through, it must have been very hard. Don’t regret the break from LP you’ve had for two years. Sometimes we need that to grow up and to get back with a stronger LP addiction than ever before
Many of us feel just the same about their music being our armor and help when we’re down. I also wish I could be there at the concert, but we’ll all be there in our minds. How powerful the music and LP is to unite us like that! Imagine millions of people on the whole planet being there with them on that day and that hour We’ll all feel the power even if they won’t stream it or anything
I hope you’ll find some friends here in this forum @cassie361 and it’ll help you heal. I did and it helped me. If you need to talk, I’ll try to listen and be here for you.
Nice to meet you Cooper
You can find me on FB try looking for the guy in a suit with the tie not done up if you want to be friends just no fake profile stuff i had a friend who got played by some girl in England so i’m a bit suss about people now except for my friends
It’s hard to find you when I only have your first name. If you want, you can add me, I’m Michaela Bačíková on Facebook 
Just write a message that it’s you so I’d know
There is a few results but i guess i can trust u last name is Conway
Thank you, I will add you when I’m back from the cottage. The internet here is slow and I manage to browse in these forums but Facebook is much slower, I could wait the whole day for it to load 
I’m looking forward for the new friendship
Yeah so do i
Oh… they are lovely lines…
You are so sweet @mishelka3
Thank you guys very much LinkIn park has always been my armor. I was raped about 7 years ago. LinkIn park and Meteora was my way of keeping above the depression that followed. I dealt with it and the mental anguish that came with it all on my own. Without LinkIn Park I honestly don’t know if I could have managed getting through it. But as traumas like that tend to cause I fell into depression including suicidal thoughts. I just wanted to end it but I didn’t know how I wanted to do it. I never said a word to anyone. Thankfully I got out of that without doing anything to myself but I’ve never been so scared in my life. That’s when I took my break from LP because I was taking their lyrics out of concept and making it dark I guess. Depression doesn’t need a reason to show its ugly face. It’s always there lurking even though I’m getting by. Then this July happens and it’s like loosing a family member. I knew what Chester was able to do for me. Back then and even now I’ve always leaned on Mike since he is so much into the creation of everything the band does but loosing Chester is like loosing a family member or a best friend. I definitely lost a piece of my heart that day. I know I’ll love them so much more and let them help me deal with all the pain in my life in general not just with loosing Chaz. I had 4 cds to catch up on with amazing songs. And now I hear interviews of Chester talking about his depression I don’t feel as alone anymore. I think he once again lifted me up and makes me stronger. I think he makes all of us stronger still even if you can’t listen to the music yet I think knowing how he fought helps us realize we can fight harder too. All of you guys love and support has definitely helped. It means the world to me. I don’t have anyone in my life I feel that cares so it really helps. at least I know I’m not alone in here
excuse my sarcasm hehe I meant if everybody is weird then nobody is really weird in relativity to one another, so we’re all normal 
I’m so sorry for what happened to you! I was sexually harassed when I was 10, so I sort-of know how it must have felt like and how it is to live with it.
But it also makes a person a bit stronger. Now, if someone would want to do that to me, I would’ve definitely beaten the hell out of him
I feel every word that you’ve written in your post here, it’s been just like that for me when we lost Chester. And the music and the guys here helped a lot. They make us stronger every day and that’s why we all love them so much
Sorry, the time is too advanced for me to understand what you’re talking about 
It’s 20:22 here, I cleaned the whole house today and I’m just sitting here, half-dead but happy it’s done
Aaaawwww You are too @Honey8
I’m so sorry, I know the feeling. Not only was I sexually abused for years, since I was about 6. But later in high school a friend of a friend ended up attacking me…i still struggle with it and the darkness it brings😔 but we are here for you just like Chester and the guys would want us to. I’m not sure how old u are, but I’m in my 30’s and I struggled with it alone. Don’t do that, reach out and talk to someone. Don’t make my mistake holding it in, it not only made me physically sick at times but I ended up in a lot of bad behaviors from cutting to burning myself… I have attempted to take my own life 3x …so please reach out, even here these guys are great listeners!! Music is a great healer but having a genuine support system like I finally found here is beyond words!
Agreed with you! It’s much more difficult to face up something alone… sometimes we need a help and we don’t have to be afraid or feel ashamed to ask for it…
I’m so sorry to hear that! We are always here for you! me and my family have gone through our share of problems, nearly costing my dads life multiple times. I’m now 17 years old and they started quite young, when I was 4/5. This really hurt me! And I classed LP as my saviours during that period of time. Even some of my so called “family members” and “friends” wouldn’t help us. Now I don’t trust anyone apart from my mum or dad or nan
I give LP everything for what they have helped me through and I wanted to meet them face to face to say thank you, especially to Chazzy. It was my dream! 
Hugs are coming your way!