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Men and Depression: Jimmy Brown, Firefighter

"You think I'm this big, tough fireman. I'm supposed to be able to deal with anything."

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JIMMY: You think I'm this big, tough fireman. I'm supposed to be able to deal with anything. I'm supposed to be able to, you know, just pick up, carry on. Like the old commissioner said, "Just be able to suck it up and just keep going." It's not that easy, you know, you can't just do that. If you try to, it's just going to come back up again and again and again.

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