I ran into an extraordinary doctor. He got up inside my head and figured out how my brain processed things, what my core values were, what my inner dialogue was.
From Darrell Hammond
When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there.
If you're injured, it changes the way you move. If you're injured, it changes the way you talk.
If I can get a sanitized version of reality, I'll take it.
I was diagnosed with everything from schizophrenia to multiple personality disorder.
I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent.
I'll get to make a lot of money and do some bad sitcoms.
I was never in a mental institution for a long time. I was in psych wards.
Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.
I called my mother up and I said, 'You know, I've been to the best doctors in the world and I've spent almost half a million dollars and they're telling me I have symptoms of a P.O.W. and all I did was grow up in your home.'
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