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Those whom the Gods would destroy, the old saying goes, they first make mad. But it wasn’t the Gods who drove me to madness and destruction. It was me, writes Horatio Clare
Those whom the Gods would destroy, the old saying goes, they first make mad. But it wasn’t the Gods who drove me to madness and destruction. It was me.
Two years ago, at the age of 45, I had a catastrophic breakdown. I believed I was in contact with aliens.
I was going to marry Kylie Minogue. I rolled my car down a hill and ended up naked on the roof of someone else’s. I was sectioned and detained in a mental hospital.