The In Depth Story: During the video, the actress discussed the “stress, paranoia, fear, anxiety, rage, sex, power and terror pumping through my entire body” as she “welcomed in my 30th birthday and, eventually, my new diagnosis: I have bipolar disorder.”
Like Amy, Dorken is known for her bubbly energy. But this winter, she hit a dangerous high. “I had heard the term ‘manic,’ but I had never associated it with my perfectionist self,” she explained. “Boom! Just like that, my whole universe, life and body changed.
“In February, I was restrained and put under two involuntary holds,” she shared, referring to psychiatric holds, which are put in place when a person is a danger to themselves or others, or suffers from a grave disability as a result of a…
