Overview
- The Stranger Things actor, 50, says he only recently began intense psychotherapy and calls it a "world of difference."
- He reports no manic flare-ups since starting psychoanalysis with a "good therapist."
- Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 25, he describes manic episodes as disordered thinking and distorted symbolism linked to personal fixations.
- He says he has been in therapy since getting sober in 1999 and urges people to seek low-cost or free support groups if private care is unaffordable.
- His remarks were published in an undated Future of Personal Health article produced by Caybon’s Mediaplanet and were widely reported on January 15, 2026.