In the film clip, the woman with bipolar disorder told the therapist that she had been very sad for almost a year during which she cried often and felt "fat, ugly, and did not want to live anymore." For the last several months, though, she had been feeling "on top of the world," and even began to giggle uncontrollably in the film clip as she discussed her mother's death.The sad episodes of her life are the _____ side of her illness, while she exhibited the _____ side as she giggled uncontrollably.

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The woman's sad episodes are indicative of the depressive side of bipolar disorder, while her uncontrollable giggling and feeling "on top of the world" represent the manic side.

In the Film Clip, the Woman with Bipolar Disorder Told