5/22/2023 0 Comments Brain on fire memoirNor do the misdiagnoses of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia later on. Following a seizure, Stephen takes her to the hospital, where the doctors’ guesswork about stress, lack of sleep and excessive partying doesn’t quite explain her lapses into a vacant-eyed trance state. Her boyfriend Stephen ( Thomas Mann) is an aspiring musician who describes his sound as The Smiths-meets-Tom Waits (in your dreams, dude), while Susannah’s deadpanning work chum Margo ( Jenny Slate) calls him “that budget version of Joey Ramone.” Susannah’s editor, brusque but encouraging Richard ( Tyler Perry), thinks she’s ready to tackle bigger stories.īut suddenly, she starts zoning out at random moments, suffering from headaches, missing deadlines and meetings, and imagining things that nobody else can see or hear, like bedbug bites or leaky faucets. At 21, Susannah is happy in what, with just a hint of irony, she calls her “dream job.” She’s a cub reporter at the New York Post, writing exposés on illegal Russian butt implants.
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