BALANCE - Bipolar Disorder

A short film on Bipolar Disorder or Manic Depression, written by Sepehr Hafizi and animation by Hilda Hiong

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Seeking for help..
My bestie thinks she is suffering from bipolar...this hasn't been confirmed yet by a specialist though...but the symptoms are quite similar...
She has had a major depressive phase..which lasted for more than an year... during which she took the most extreme step too but was fortunately saved...this was a few months back...
But she's quite stable now.. in terms of having suicidal thoughts...
Currently the thing is that her emotions aren't in her control...sometimes she just cries and cries literally for hours without any reason..and experiences severe headache too..
Also, there are a lot of mood swings...At a particular instant she will be very depressed, numb and cold..won't talk with anybody...and on the very same day after a few hours or on the next day she will be highly energetic and excited...
Now the issue is that first of all we are in our teenage only....still at such a tender age too she is giving the best possible fight....
Secondly she hasn't informed her parents about her current symptoms for multiple reasons...as far as I have understood..the reason is she is a bit afraid of getting treated...and also she believes that if she will inform her parents then out of concern they'll start invading her privacy which she has been given currently...
Another issue is that for some reasons neither can I inform them...
I have been trying to convince her about informing her parents and seeking for professional help.. but she says she wants to wait..
Also..for some reasons I can't even meet her frequently...and worse...I will be going far away from her to another city in a few days..
So basically I stand almost helpless... one thing is for sure that professional help is absolutely necessary or else the condition might worsen...
I don't know what to do and the only thing I could think of is seeking help through such platforms...
I would be really very grateful if any professional or past sufferer can make me understand that how can I convince her for seeking professional help and also that how should I behave in her manic and low epsiodes so that I don't worsen the condition....

[Pgfracing]

Excellent Work, what programs did you use to make this and how long did it take to create?