The Brits get it.

DREAMS can be powerful. For Michael Anderson, it was a dream that first
triggered a breakdown that had been brewing for years. He believes his
deafness, diagnosed as a toddler, combined with his parents' divorce,
led him to feel inadequate and unwanted. In his teens, when he was also
diagnosed as visually impaired, he felt isolated and struggled to make
friends. His future initially looked bright at agricultural college.
Then came the nightmare, triggering a crash from which it took him four
years to recover.

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