Chris Clarke
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Costuming for Work and Play
At 39 years of age I decided to go back to college and earn my degree. I had attempted to go to college several times before that. However, I was never able to finish because I suffered from severe Bipolar Disorder II and spent much of my twenties and thirties in and out of hospitals and had very little focus in my life. I was diagnosed at the age of 21 following my first suicide attempt. The diagnosis was a relief in a way, explaining why I behaved the way I did, always either languishing in hopeless despair and anxiety, unable to even leave the house or swept up in short-lived bursts of chaotic energy which often felt like I was not in control of my own actions which would find me abandoning whatever I was doing to hop on a plane or train and head half-way around the world on a whim or focus so intently on a single art project, completely neglecting every other aspect of my life such as school or work, leading to expulsion or termination.
By Chris Clarke3 years ago in Geeks
Costuming for Work and Play
At 39 years of age I decided to go back to college and earn my degree. I had attempted to go to college several times before that. However, I was never able to finish because I suffered from severe Bipolar Disorder II and spent much of my twenties and thirties in and out of hospitals and had very little focus in my life. I was diagnosed at the age of 21 following my first suicide attempt. The diagnosis was a relief in a way, explaining why I behaved the way I did, always either languishing in hopeless despair and anxiety, unable to even leave the house or swept up in short-lived bursts of chaotic energy which often felt like I was not in control of my own actions which would find me abandoning whatever I was doing to hop on a plane or train and head half-way around the world on a whim or focus so intently on a single art project, completely neglecting every other aspect of my life such as school or work, leading to expulsion or termination.
By Chris Clarke3 years ago in Geeks