Show notes
August Wild of the Unsoulicited Podcast details the story of how the self-deprecating habits he built would later turn into the driving factor behind the character Badluck Barlo. (0:25) Being talented & awkward at a very early age.(1:55) Everything changing because I couldn't handle being made fun of and mentally abused.(3:43) Embarrassment felt the same as fear.(4:44) Being diagnosed with Clinical Depression in High School, leading to a new approach to being bullied/made fun of.(7:02) After graduating and going to college, I joined a social system that I did not belong in - leading to a combination of surfaced repression and making a fool of myself.(8:23) Recapping the story so far.(9:03) Getting into a relationship in 2016 after working hard on myself, things were looking up.(10:10) Being cheated on and how it affected me.(13:25) Pausing the story to explain the coping mechanism of being the clown.(14:01) Why I decided to be Badluck Barlo and how it worked for the Unsoulicited Podcast.(14:57) When the problem of being Barlo started occurring, and the findings of my research of a growth mindset.(15:49) Our past is very real, but we do not live there anymore.(16:31) Not everyone is going to like abandoning the Badluck Barlo mindset.(17:06) A message for all who are going through an identity crisis.
