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Bipolar model hammered off kitchen tiles during manic episode

A bipolar model revealed she knocked all the tiles from her kitchen walls while in the grip of a manic episode.

Sarah De Garnham, from Cwmafan, Neath Port Talbot, was misdiagnosed with depression before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

The 35-year-old said she was having "a manic day" when she hammered them off.

6 June 2023

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