This chapter is divided into eight parts:

1) Paranoia moving dangerously towards psychosis.
2) The effects of media on a vulnerable individual and spontaneous angry outbursts.
3) A very eccentric, mysterious and absurd Valentines Day.
4) The night Victor ‘lost it’ and the journey north with Tanya back home.
5) The night of the breakdown, the admission into hospital and the deterioration into a “Stress Induced Hypomanic Episode”.
6) The reaction from family and friends, plus Tanya’s painful visits.
7) All the failures, disappointments and setbacks on release from hospital and the instant depression.
8) The devastation of having to take a year out and Tanya ending the relationship, choosing to be with someone else.