World Bipolar Disorder Day丨It is more terrible than depression, but many people don’t understand it

When you are depressed, you feel low; when you are manic, you are impulsive and irritable... People's emotions are constantly fluctuating, but if some emotions exceed the normal range of fluctuations, it may indicate bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder is an emotional illness characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression, also known as manic-depressive disorder. Patients suffer from repeated mood swings for a long time and are at risk of self-harm and suicide. Because it has typical features of a depressive episode, it is often misdiagnosed as depression.

Today (March 30) is World Bipolar Disorder Day. Let's learn about this disease together↓↓↓

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Producer/Xu Bing

Editor-in-Chief/Jiang Anqi and Zhang Yunjing

Map by Huang Xutian and Pan Yang

Editor/Feng Sichao

Proofreading/Gao Shaozhuo

Co-produced by / Ding Xiang Doctor

Review expert/Deng Lanfang, attending physician of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Zhongshan Third People's Hospital