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===Mental health === According to his mother, Lloyd's mental health began worsening in high school. He began suffering from [[delusion]]s that he lived in multiple different "realities". He was initially incorrectly diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]], but refused to take the medications prescribed to treat the condition.<ref name="ScrippsNews">{{Cite web |author=Sandell, Clayton |date=March 11, 2024 |title=Mother of 'Star Wars' child actor details his mental health struggles |url=https://scrippsnews.com/stories/the-real-life-saga-of-star-wars-child-actor-jake-lloyd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240313020501/https://scrippsnews.com/stories/the-real-life-saga-of-star-wars-child-actor-jake-lloyd/ |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=[[Scripps News]] |language=en}}</ref> By college, Lloyd began suffering from [[Visual hallucinations in psychosis|visual]] and [[auditory hallucination]]s, causing him to miss classes and earn poor grades. He complained of people with black eyes following him and had imaginary conversations with [[Jon Stewart]] while watching ''[[The Daily Show]]''. He was diagnosed with [[paranoid schizophrenia]] in 2008, unaware of his own condition due to [[anosognosia]] despite his father's family having a history of the illness.<ref name=ScrippsNews/> His sister Madison Broadbent, who was an extra in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'', died in her sleep from natural causes on July 16, 2018,<ref name="Madison">{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/indystar/name/madison-broadbent-obituary?id=1705369 |title=Madison Broadbent Obituary |date=20 September 2018 |access-date=14 March 2024 |newspaper=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |via=[[Legacy.com]] |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314011457/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/indystar/name/madison-broadbent-obituary?id=1705369 |url-status=live }}</ref> adding to his personal struggles.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/jake-lloyd-statement-star-wars-actor-mental-health-struggle-132738157.html |title=Jake Lloyd's family releases statement on 'Star Wars' actor's mental health 'struggles' |first=Tom |last=Butler |date=31 January 2020 |access-date=14 March 2024 |work=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314011457/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/jake-lloyd-statement-star-wars-actor-mental-health-struggle-132738157.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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