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Beyond Words: My Experience with Right Hemisphere Disorder

My brain is “different”

Lawson Wallace
Health and  Science
4 min readDec 31, 2024

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Photo by Caleb Hernandez Belmonte on Unsplash

When I was homeless in Minneapolis, I had State-provided health insurance and I was seeing a psychotherapist. During a session, the psychotherapist suggested I undergo neuropsychological testing.

I photographed the test results with my iPhone and sent a hard copy to Social Security with my Disability claim. Recently, I found the report in my Google Cloud storage.

I understand now, things make sense

I didn’t do a good job taking the pictures, but I was able to read enough. The report blows my mind. It explains so much. I often wonder why life is so much harder than I want it to be and now I have some clarity.

“Somewhat flat affect” Emotions aren’t easy

The first thing a person will notice when trying to get to know me is that I don’t express emotions well. I might not laugh at his jokes or make an inappropriate comment and embarrass myself.

I have trouble expressing emotions. A consequence is I hold anger in too long. When I explode it’s epic and scary. I always say what I don’t need to say. It makes it hard for my wife sometimes.

I don’t deal with emotions well at all

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Lawson Wallace
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Written by Lawson Wallace

65-year-old married guy, I have been writing stories for years, but never submitted or published anything. I write about my successes and failures, everything.

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