The Story I Could Not Tell Until Now: Me, My Brain, and Some Kind of Monster
Description
This is the story of how a lifelong Metallica fan, a SPECT brain scan, and fifty years of family misunderstanding collided into one overdue revelation. From learning guitar because of Metallica to Ferris Buellering my way into the Ozzfest media pit, to watching James Hetfield walk into rehab in Some Kind of Monster and realizing even the strongest guy in the room can ask for help.
That documentary cracked something open in me. It made me think maybe I could stop pretending everything was fine and actually look inward for once. So I did something completely unexpected. I went to the Amen Clinic and had them scan my brain like I was auditioning for a PBS science special.
The results said the quiet part out loud. I was never bipolar.
I was autistic and ADHD the whole time.
Six minutes of guitars, grief, dark humor, family patterns, burnout, confusion, and the brain scan that finally told the truth everyone else missed.
United States
