Commemorating World Bipolar Day, Marshanda Tells The Toughest Time: Fired By A Loved One

Marshanda (Instagram @marshanda99)

JAKARTA - Marshanda is one of the celebrities who suffer from bipolar disorder. He who has been open with his illness also shared a message on World Bipolar Day which falls on March 30.

"Alhamdulillah, I am still given the awareness and intention of God to seek help to get up again. I feel like I was given a gift," said Marshanda.

This two minute video features Marshanda changing her hair color to pink. He wants there to be no stigma from influencers or motivators in society.

“To be in a position like the giver of empowerment, you should have a socially acceptable look but to be honest, I want to break all paradigms and I want to be original. My hair color doesn't define the quality of my sincere intention to change people for the better," he explained.

The video was uploaded as Marshanda's expression on World Bipolar Day. He also gave a message to all people with bipolar disorder to continue to speak up.

"Even though we have many reasons to be judged, not considered, last numbered, and even "fired" as people who are loved by some people who we really love because of our limitations," wrote Marshanda on Wednesday, March 30.

“Be brave and believe in yourself,” he said.

This upload received appreciation from Marshanda's Instagram followers who claimed to be amazed by the idol.

"The goal is not to be perfect. The goal is to live each moment while developing, growing, and becoming a useful human being. For myself and for others," he wrote.

Marshanda is known to have suffered from bipolar disorder since 2009. Bipolar makes a person's condition easily change from mood to depression to mania.