INSIDE MY HEAD · WEDNESDAY · DF015

Almost Everything I Became Happened After Parkinson’s.

August 26, 2026Identity, Time & Authorship8 min read

I was diagnosed before the law degree, the courtroom, the testimony, and most of my adult identity; Parkinson’s was present during the construction, but that does not make it the architect.

The usual illness story has a clean crime scene. There was a life. Then the disease entered it, knocked over the furniture, took what it wanted and left the person standing in the wreckage trying to identify what used to belong where.

My timeline is less cooperative.