Depression, Anxiety, and Devil Horns: Chelsea Ursin Saves Her Soul with Rock n’ Roll

Rock music isn’t a cure for depression or anxiety. You can’t wail
away on “Smoke on the Water” and have all your mental
difficulties melt away. That would be awesome, sure, but that’s
not how it works. But for Chelsea Ursin, playing was a lot of
other things: a break from the nagging mental disorders that
created so many problems from a young age, a channel through
which to express herself, and an opportunity to help the next
generation of girls have a smoother and healthier time than she
did. Ursin is the creator and host of Dear Young Rocker, a
podcast that started with letters from her modern-day self to her
teenage self and which now features other women in rock telling
the stories of their younger selves.


Listen to Dear Young Rocker here or on the podcatcher of your
choice. Listen to Chelsea's band Banana on Bandcamp. Follow
Chelsea on Twitter @RockerDear and on Instagram @dearyoungrocker.


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