Damien Echols

Yeah. Yeah, that's that's a really good way of looking at it. That's what it felt like. It's like you get used to living in hell. You get so used to living in hell that you get up and you don't even think about it in the day. And then when you get out, suddenly you're having a nervous breakdown because you've never used a debit card before and you're having to figure out how to do that.

Yeah. Yeah, that's that's a really good way of looking at it. That's what it felt like. It's like you get used to living in hell. You get so used to living in hell that you get up and you don't even think about it in the day. And then when you get out, suddenly you're having a nervous breakdown because you've never used a debit card before and you're having to figure out how to do that.

All these little things that people out here take for granted that they grow up knowing how to do, it was like I had to figure all of that stuff out, like figure out a lifetime's worth of things. operating in the world in days. And it completely and absolutely destroyed me. I have almost no memory of the first two years that I was out of prison because it mentally crippled me so bad.

All these little things that people out here take for granted that they grow up knowing how to do, it was like I had to figure all of that stuff out, like figure out a lifetime's worth of things. operating in the world in days. And it completely and absolutely destroyed me. I have almost no memory of the first two years that I was out of prison because it mentally crippled me so bad.

All these little things that people out here take for granted that they grow up knowing how to do, it was like I had to figure all of that stuff out, like figure out a lifetime's worth of things. operating in the world in days. And it completely and absolutely destroyed me. I have almost no memory of the first two years that I was out of prison because it mentally crippled me so bad.

It really did something to me. I didn't realize what it was at the time, but in hindsight, I realize now what was happening was I was having a nervous breakdown. Yeah, I just like I would try to tell Laurie something is wrong. Something is wrong. And she would say, what? And I would say, I don't know. I just know something is wrong.

It really did something to me. I didn't realize what it was at the time, but in hindsight, I realize now what was happening was I was having a nervous breakdown. Yeah, I just like I would try to tell Laurie something is wrong. Something is wrong. And she would say, what? And I would say, I don't know. I just know something is wrong.

It really did something to me. I didn't realize what it was at the time, but in hindsight, I realize now what was happening was I was having a nervous breakdown. Yeah, I just like I would try to tell Laurie something is wrong. Something is wrong. And she would say, what? And I would say, I don't know. I just know something is wrong.

And it would manifest itself in ways like, you know, when I was in prison, I would read like nonstop. Like sometimes I would read like five books a week. What else are you going to do? You read, you work out. Yeah, yeah. And the day that I walked out, I couldn't read anymore. Like I would read the same page of a book over and over and over.

And it would manifest itself in ways like, you know, when I was in prison, I would read like nonstop. Like sometimes I would read like five books a week. What else are you going to do? You read, you work out. Yeah, yeah. And the day that I walked out, I couldn't read anymore. Like I would read the same page of a book over and over and over.

And it would manifest itself in ways like, you know, when I was in prison, I would read like nonstop. Like sometimes I would read like five books a week. What else are you going to do? You read, you work out. Yeah, yeah. And the day that I walked out, I couldn't read anymore. Like I would read the same page of a book over and over and over.

And I could not retain what I had read when I got to the bottom of the page. I knew something was wrong with me. Like I wasn't thinking right. I couldn't, you know, I would go to dinner with someone and then reintroduce myself to them the next day because I could not even remember it. So I knew something was going wrong there.

And I could not retain what I had read when I got to the bottom of the page. I knew something was wrong with me. Like I wasn't thinking right. I couldn't, you know, I would go to dinner with someone and then reintroduce myself to them the next day because I could not even remember it. So I knew something was going wrong there.

And I could not retain what I had read when I got to the bottom of the page. I knew something was wrong with me. Like I wasn't thinking right. I couldn't, you know, I would go to dinner with someone and then reintroduce myself to them the next day because I could not even remember it. So I knew something was going wrong there.

And I knew I was absolutely miserable, but I could not figure out what it was until years later. Looking back, what fixed it?

And I knew I was absolutely miserable, but I could not figure out what it was until years later. Looking back, what fixed it?

And I knew I was absolutely miserable, but I could not figure out what it was until years later. Looking back, what fixed it?

I think it was two things really. One was kind of going back to the satanic panic thing for a minute. When I was in prison, one of the things that allowed me to survive in there was the fact that I didn't even think about being in prison for days at a time. And the reason for that was because I built a life for myself inside there.

I think it was two things really. One was kind of going back to the satanic panic thing for a minute. When I was in prison, one of the things that allowed me to survive in there was the fact that I didn't even think about being in prison for days at a time. And the reason for that was because I built a life for myself inside there.

I think it was two things really. One was kind of going back to the satanic panic thing for a minute. When I was in prison, one of the things that allowed me to survive in there was the fact that I didn't even think about being in prison for days at a time. And the reason for that was because I built a life for myself inside there.