Acid gave me a clinical, unblinking look at madness, and I discovered I wasn't brave enough to be insane.
Craig Ferguson's reflection offers a profound insight into the nature of mental health and the human condition. The use of acid, or LSD, as a metaphor for a catalyzing experience, suggests that certain intense encounters with altered states can strip away the illusions and defenses we normally maintain. They reveal a stark, unfiltered truth about ourselves—what lies beneath the facade of everyday normalcy. However, Ferguson admits that confronting these raw, unvarnished realities was ultimately a revelation of his own fears and limitations. The acknowledgment that he wasn't
