Doctor reveals his life in the shadow of schizophrenia
'My grandfather was a handsome, brilliant athlete with an eidetic memory - but then he took a swan dive off the cliff of sanity,' writes Dr Ben Gold
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I remember Grandpa Larry’s visits remarkably vividly. He would lumber into the house hunched over, grunting loudly and reeking of cigarettes.
He was unshaven and haggard, with wild grey-black hair streaking out horizontally from the sides of his head.