Neil Milton (@lionelsmint)

Thanks, Mikey. Much of this tumult I've spoken of never felt so bad at the time, it all comes into focus in retrospect, and therapy was a comically-sized ACME magnifying glass converging the sunlight into the tight beam. It is a big deal to be able to share this stuff and hope that others feeling similar might realise it doesn't need to be that way. I like to think I'm a good guy, for the most part, but man, I was such a bitter, miserable prick just under a decade ago. Irrational health worries have started to increase for me as the rest of it subsides but I choose to believe that's me just cruising far too quickly through my forties. It does bloody suck though, aye. I hope yours don't become too acute. Thanks again for reading and for writing. :)