Ben Owen
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Yeah, Ritalin fucked me up. I really think it did like permanent damage to, that's where the anxiety started really bad for me was with the Ritalin. Of course, it's my own fault. I manipulated the doctor into giving me like three times what anybody my size should have been on, but. I have a repeating pattern of doing that, manipulating circumstances and end up fucking myself in the end.
Yeah, Ritalin fucked me up. I really think it did like permanent damage to, that's where the anxiety started really bad for me was with the Ritalin. Of course, it's my own fault. I manipulated the doctor into giving me like three times what anybody my size should have been on, but. I have a repeating pattern of doing that, manipulating circumstances and end up fucking myself in the end.
I was. My parents, I think, honestly believed I was going to go on to cure cancer or AIDS someday. Yeah. And like that clinical trial that I led, the methods we came up with in that are being used to this day to diagnose things like Parkinson's and stuff.
I was. My parents, I think, honestly believed I was going to go on to cure cancer or AIDS someday. Yeah. And like that clinical trial that I led, the methods we came up with in that are being used to this day to diagnose things like Parkinson's and stuff.
I was. My parents, I think, honestly believed I was going to go on to cure cancer or AIDS someday. Yeah. And like that clinical trial that I led, the methods we came up with in that are being used to this day to diagnose things like Parkinson's and stuff.
13, 14, you know, with a neurologist at the University of Mississippi. I took first place in the Mississippi State Science Fair that year.
13, 14, you know, with a neurologist at the University of Mississippi. I took first place in the Mississippi State Science Fair that year.
13, 14, you know, with a neurologist at the University of Mississippi. I took first place in the Mississippi State Science Fair that year.
Oh, at Harvard. I just wrote him a letter, dude. I wrote the president of Harvard a letter when I was 10 and said I wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon. He wrote me back and was like, that's awesome. It's too early to decide what kind you want to be, but keep writing me and let's stay in touch. So I had an open line of comms with the president of Harvard at 10.
Oh, at Harvard. I just wrote him a letter, dude. I wrote the president of Harvard a letter when I was 10 and said I wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon. He wrote me back and was like, that's awesome. It's too early to decide what kind you want to be, but keep writing me and let's stay in touch. So I had an open line of comms with the president of Harvard at 10.
Oh, at Harvard. I just wrote him a letter, dude. I wrote the president of Harvard a letter when I was 10 and said I wanted to be a cardiovascular surgeon. He wrote me back and was like, that's awesome. It's too early to decide what kind you want to be, but keep writing me and let's stay in touch. So I had an open line of comms with the president of Harvard at 10.
I did the Duke tip thing where you take the SAT in eighth grade and scored like a 1380 or 1400 or something. I was a very smart kid. Wow. And I've definitely spit in God's face with the amount of brain cells I killed. But it is what it is. But yeah, so my parents, I feel horrendous for them to this day.
I did the Duke tip thing where you take the SAT in eighth grade and scored like a 1380 or 1400 or something. I was a very smart kid. Wow. And I've definitely spit in God's face with the amount of brain cells I killed. But it is what it is. But yeah, so my parents, I feel horrendous for them to this day.
I did the Duke tip thing where you take the SAT in eighth grade and scored like a 1380 or 1400 or something. I was a very smart kid. Wow. And I've definitely spit in God's face with the amount of brain cells I killed. But it is what it is. But yeah, so my parents, I feel horrendous for them to this day.
If I try to put myself in their shoes now as a parent and I have kids that age, I have kids much older than that already. I don't know how my dad kept his job. I really don't. I don't know how he stayed sane because on top of that, he's dealing with my mom's physical health. She's got a slew of autoimmune problems. Like, I was just a really selfish little bastard, man. I don't understand how...
If I try to put myself in their shoes now as a parent and I have kids that age, I have kids much older than that already. I don't know how my dad kept his job. I really don't. I don't know how he stayed sane because on top of that, he's dealing with my mom's physical health. She's got a slew of autoimmune problems. Like, I was just a really selfish little bastard, man. I don't understand how...
If I try to put myself in their shoes now as a parent and I have kids that age, I have kids much older than that already. I don't know how my dad kept his job. I really don't. I don't know how he stayed sane because on top of that, he's dealing with my mom's physical health. She's got a slew of autoimmune problems. Like, I was just a really selfish little bastard, man. I don't understand how...
I don't understand how they kept me. I'd have been investigating ways to give up custody of this kid to the state somehow, looking back on what I put them through, because it really did come out of nowhere. There was no lead up to this. It was just, bam, Ben's insane. Damn.
I don't understand how they kept me. I'd have been investigating ways to give up custody of this kid to the state somehow, looking back on what I put them through, because it really did come out of nowhere. There was no lead up to this. It was just, bam, Ben's insane. Damn.
I don't understand how they kept me. I'd have been investigating ways to give up custody of this kid to the state somehow, looking back on what I put them through, because it really did come out of nowhere. There was no lead up to this. It was just, bam, Ben's insane. Damn.