Joe Trohman ‘Stepping Away’ From Fall Out Boy to Focus on His Mental Health

Earlier today, Fall Out Boy It has announced that it will release Stardust, So Much, its first album in nearly five years, along with the video for its first single, “Love From the Other Side.” Tonight, in a statement shared on the band’s social media accounts, guitarist Joe Trohman announced that he is temporarily stepping away from the band.

Trohman said that his mental health “has rapidly deteriorated over the past several years.” Continuing, he said that “to avoid fading away and never returning, I will be taking a break from work which regrettably includes stepping away from Fall Out Boy for a spell.”

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He went on to say how it “pains me to make this decision” at the same time that band announced its new album, one that he’s proud of. However, Trohman said that he plans on rejoining Fall Out Boy and that he “must recover which means putting myself and my mental health first.”

Trohman published his memoir last year. Nothing of this rocks. In our interviewThe guitarist was unable to face the public for psychological research.

“Therapy has helped a great deal,” Trohman said of his mental health at the time. “There’s the cliched elements of therapy like ‘Let’s talk about your family history’ or ‘Let’s talk about your parents,’ but all of our problems do come from our parents, because where do we come from? How do we get molded? Parents. I’ve always been able to connect all of my issues back to my upbringing, and I’ve had all this time to reflect on it.

“I live in my head so much unfortunately — sometimes for better, most of the time for worse. But in living in my head all the time and thinking about this stuff, it’s like working on a puzzle you don’t understand yet. The longer you work on it, eventually you go “Oh OK, I understand why I didn’t get this puzzle, and it makes sense now.” That rang true when it came to connecting the dots and my upbringing — especially my relationship to my mom. Therapy was a great help. I don’t think it’s very easy to just grow older and figure that stuff out on your own without any guidance.”

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