Just recently, I saw a documentary on traumatic brain injury...one man, after a car accident & a frontal lobe injury, couldn't experience joy or love for his family. He was prone to angry outbursts, couldn't work & felt estranged from life. Once happy, he now contemplated suicide daily.
It was like a light went on & for the first time, I understood why a man like Michael who had a new child, a woman he loved, friends, family & fans--everything to live for--could take his life. Now it made sense & where once I felt almost angry at him for wasting such a promising life, I now feel sympathy & empathy; and where for a long time I found it hard to listen to his life-affirming music (in light of how he died), I now again find myself seeking inspiration & solace in his words. It is a shame that, instead of printing salacious rumours, more magazines didn't take the time to explain traumatic brain injury & how it had affected Michael Hutchance. He lives on in the hearts of all the people he touched with his music.
It was like a light went on & for the first time, I understood why a man like Michael who had a new child, a woman he loved, friends, family & fans--everything to live for--could take his life. Now it made sense & where once I felt almost angry at him for wasting such a promising life, I now feel sympathy & empathy; and where for a long time I found it hard to listen to his life-affirming music (in light of how he died), I now again find myself seeking inspiration & solace in his words. It is a shame that, instead of printing salacious rumours, more magazines didn't take the time to explain traumatic brain injury & how it had affected Michael Hutchance. He lives on in the hearts of all the people he touched with his music.