The Men Who Disappear

Nobody warns you about the quiet version.

You hear about the man who crashes. The business that folds. The public failure, the dramatic fall, the rock bottom moment that makes a good story at a dinner party ten years later.

That version gets all the attention because it’s loud. Visible. There’s a clear before and after.

But there’s another version. One that’s far more common and far more dangerous because nobody sees it happening, including the man it’s happening to.

He just goes quiet.