Mia
Thornton‘s
estranged
husband
Gordon
Thornton
is
getting
the
help
he
needs
after
being
diagnosed
with
bipolar
1
disorder.
The
Real
Housewives
of
Potomac
star,
who
separated
from
Mia
last
year
after
11
years
of
marriage,
emotionally
opened
up
about
living
with
the
disorder—which
causes
manic
and
depressive
episodes
often
requiring
medical
treatment—during
part
three
of
the
Bravo
series’
season
eight
reunion.
“Bipolar,
in
and
of
itself,
causes
your
mind
to
really
work
opposite,” the
71-year-old
shared on
the
April
14
episode. “Your
mind
tricks
you
into
saying,
‘You
are
normal,
everyone
else
is
slow.'”
While
noting
how
his
struggles
with
bipolar
1
included
episodes
in
which
his behavior
became
unbalanced.
However,
he explained
that
only “people
around
me”—including
Mia—noticed
the
mood
swings
while
he
was
unaware
of
his
symptoms.
“Things
got
so
bad
and
so
low
for
me,”
he
added, “that
I
went
to
the
hospital
and
checked
myself
in.”
Gordon—who
shares son
Jeremiah,
8,
and
daughter
Juliana,
6
with
Mia—was
officially
diagnosed
over
two
years
ago,
though
he
now
recognizes
struggling
with
bipolar
symptoms
as
far
back
as
his
20s.
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