Author: Ayn Son

  • “You wonder which is worse, the symptom or the cure”

    In the musical Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, the main character Diana undergoes various medications and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to manage her hallucinations and bipolar, resulting in severe memory loss. Throughout the second act, she struggles to gain back her memories, highlighted by the line, “You wonder which is worse, the…