The jim hopper storycharacter played by David Harboris one of the most inspiring and passionate in “Stranger Things”, taking great importance in the last seasonsmainly because of its past and its history of overcoming.
Similarly, Eleven’s adoptive father (Millie Bobby Brown) is a very important ally of the children of Hawkins, who must fight so that interdimensional threats such as the Demogorgon or Vecna add the world to the darkness of Upside Down.
For the preparation of his character, Harbor has had to go through a shocking transformation, such as losing more than 35 kilos between the third and fourth installments, in addition to undergoing a strict eight-month training.
DAVID HARBOR’S BIPOLAR DISORDER
However, to this must be added that the actor himself revealed details of the bipolar disorder he suffers from, which was detected years ago after his parents admitted him to a mental health center.
In the podcast by marc maronthe 47-year-old actor commented on how he learned to cope with this disorder and what are the ways in which he maintains control of his emotions.
As he indicated, everything happened when he was 20 years old and participated in a religious session. “I actually had a little break where I thought I was connected to some kind of god that I wasn’t really connected to… It was like I had all the answers all of a sudden.”, he explained.
Harbor he emphasized that he was not under the influence of any substance when this occurred, but that it was his diagnosed disorder.
“The interesting thing about this is that I realized that I don’t really need them, that I have the ability to see ‘the goblins in the corners of the room’ if I really allow myself to go there”, joked the actor.
Because of this, his parents admitted him to a mental health center, which was very different from what he thought. “It’s really not as fun as you think it is. You have a romantic idea of it, like you’re a genius, and then it ends up being sad and it smells like shit.”, he added.
Finally, the health center gave him a diagnosis and some medication. “That’s when the drugs came in”, which complicated the addictions, since he admitted that “have had trouble taking and stopping pills”.
Finally, Harbor ruled out the usefulness of the pills, assuring that they are not productive in his case.
“The funny thing about my particular brain or mental illness is that every time I’ve had an episode like that, it’s always related to spirituality.”, he asserted.
For America’s celeb, when a crisis is coming, she needs to eat or smoke a few cigarettes, so “if you write a self-help book, it will be about ‘You know what? Sit on the couch, play some video games‘”.
David Harbour, the actor of “Stranger Things” who suffers from bipolar disorder