A MESSAGE FROM BOBBY:
After suffering for decades with depression and coming dangerously close to losing the battle, I have made it my life’s pursuit to raise awareness about what it is like to have the disease, eliminate the perception that a person can “just get over it” and advocate for greater research into treating and curing depression.
I hope you will join me on this journey!
Bobby Straus is from Westchester, NY and lives in Centennial, Colorado.
BIO
Bobby Straus is a public speaker and author of In Search of A Way Out: A True Story of Depression, Bullying, and a Journey Toward Hope. In this uplifting story, Bobby shares private details of his decades-long struggle to overcome depression to give the millions that are suffering, and their families, the hope that recovery is possible and the comfort and relief of knowing that they are not alone. In support of organizations dedicated to building awareness about mental health, Bobby offers his time to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), as one of their speakers educating, informing, and giving hope to patients in mental healthcare facilities, students and staff in high schools and universities, families of those caring for loved ones suffering from depression and other groups.
Bobby has been trained and certified by National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in the following:
In Our Own Voice
Ending the Silence
NAMI Smarts for Advocacy
Bobby Straus on Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado.
Bobby has spent more than thirty years working in the financial markets as a trader, professional money manager, and investment advisor. Along the way, he has made appearances on CNBC and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron’s, and Fortune Magazine. Bobby has been a speaker in the finance industry for many years educating and informing investors on a variety of financial markets topics. Bobby has earned a BA in journalism from New York University and an MBA from the University of Denver. He lives in Colorado with his wife, son, and their canine comedian, Jasper.
Bobby’s Book
IN SEARCH OF A WAY OUT
A True Story of Bullying, Depression and A Journey Toward Hope
Bobby gathered every bit of strength he had left—almost none—to get out of bed and go to work. Forty-five years ago, the slow, steady advance of depression had begun, and now it had exploded. The hope he had somehow managed to hold onto for so long had finally withered away. He could no longer see a path forward. All roads closed. Total darkness. Through sheer force of will, Bobby made it to the office, sat down at his desk and turned on the computer. Less than an hour later, emergency personnel carried him out of the office on a stretcher. He was 51 years old. Depression’s triumphant day had finally arrived. The journey had just begun.
