Vessel, Worship, and the Weight of Sleep: Music as Emotional Expression for the Neurodivergent Soul

Episode Summary: In this deeply personal and emotionally resonant episode, Matt takes you on a powerful journey through the music of Sleep Token — not just as an art form, but as a mirror to the inner world of trauma, identity, and neurodivergent emotional expression.

Exploring the trilogy of Sundowning, This Place Will Become Your Tomb, and Take Me Back to Eden, Matt breaks down the symbolism, lyrical themes, and psychological undercurrents of the band’s narrative — offering a unique perspective on how music can articulate what words so often cannot.

Through the lens of lived experience with autism, trauma, and complex emotional processing, this episode becomes more than a musical analysis — it becomes a raw meditation on the cycle of narcissistic abuse, trauma bonding, emotional dependency ...