Shortly after the kidnap, her father moved the family to the neighbouring state of Iowa.When she was 18 her mother kicked her out of the home and she moved to Washington, DC, where she did a degree in politics at George Washington University, while working for US Senator Gary Hart’s campaign.
She was 23 when she encountered her first bout of depression, which she tackled by embarking on a cross-country biking expedition to raise money for charity.
On the trip she met Thomas Harding, a British student on a gap year. She moved to England in 1992 and they were married 10 years later.At 28, Debora started to experience psychosomatic fits and episodes of sudden paralysis.
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