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.