Complete opposites

I can help, I swear I can!

(Just to tell you that this chapter is explaining the bipolar disorders, t's consequences and the different types that exist! the information were provided by Chatxmarinette and I wanted to thank them again for their incredible work!)

Sans look at Red's file now scattered on his bed, trying to piece out how he was going to work on this. He was sitting cross-legged on said bed, music playing on the background, a blanket wrapped around him. It was a snowy day today, and he didn't feel like going out anyway. It was his first day off for the whole week, and he had been tempted to just sleep all day. But that damned guilt wouldn't let him do as he pleased. So here he was, reading Re's file as 7am. "Umm... No medical background...never went to the hospital for x or y reasons...Doesn't take any kind of medication... And yet, his disorder could have grow stronger, but didn't, even though he didn't receive any help at all... And here I am, possibly helping to worsen his condition... *sigh*" He fell back on his bed, helpless. 'Can i really help him? Will he want me to help? What if I end up hurting him more than anything? What if-' Stop. He stopped thinking for a moment, clearing his head a little. 'If I really want to help him, the first thing to do his doing some research on my own.' 

He got up to retrieve his laptop, before sitting down again. He turned it on, log in, then look fondly at the picture adoring his screen : it was a picture of everyone at Waterfall, a little before they all moved towards the surface. Everyone was smiling at the camera, even Frisk -and Asgore knows it's hard for them to do another face than the neutral expression they always sport- and he could tell that they were genuine. Even he was smiling genuinely. He gently swiped his thumb over the picture, his smile falling slowly. When was the last time he smiled for real? When was the last he laughed genuinely? ...When was the last time he was happy? A small tear escaped his eyesocket, but he quickly wipe it down. 'Stop with this. Focus.' Right, he had some researches to do. Though he knew about bipolar disorders, he wasn't as well versed as other professionals were. In reality, Sans was essentially a psychiatrist : listening to other people's problems, trying to figure them out. But the institution that employed him didn't see the difference between being a therapist and a profesional of mental disease. So most of the time, peple would come here and Sans would have to direct them somwhere else where they could actually be properly treated. To say that his boss wasn't pleased with him was an understatement, but Sans tried to explain to him that he could not take care of them, the other wouldn't understand. 'Don"t want to understand'.

Sans clicked on the internet icon, and immediately logged onto a professional site. 'Bipolar disorder' was put into the search field, and he had to wait a few seonds, before finding something concrete. He began to read.

'Bipolar disorder (formerly called manic-depressive illness or manic depression) is a mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.There are three types of bipolar disorder. All three types involve clear changes in mood, energy, and activity levels. These moods range from periods of extremely "up," elated, irritable, or energized behaviour (known as manic episodes) to very "down," sad, indifferent, or hopeless periods (known as depressive episodes). Less severe manic periods are known as hypomanic episodes.

 Bipolar I Disorder— defined by manic episodes that last at least 7 days, or by manic symptoms that are so severe that the person needs immediate hospital care. Usually, depressive episodes occur as well, typically lasting at least 2 weeks. Episodes of depression with mixed features (having depressive symptoms and manic symptoms at the same time) are also possible. 

Bipolar II Disorder— defined by a pattern of depressive episodes and hypomanic episodes, but not the full-blown manic episodes that are typical of Bipolar I Disorder.Cyclothymic Disorder (also called Cyclothymia)— defined by periods of hypomanic symptoms as well as periods of depressive symptoms lasting for at least 2 years (1 year in children and adolescents). However, the symptoms do not meet the diagnostic requirements for a hypomanic episode and a depressive episode.Sometimes a person might experience symptoms of bipolar disorder that do not match the three categories listed above, which is referred to as "other specified and unspecified bipolar and related disorders."