"This was a very difficult shooting, because this subject is very private and intimate, so we encountered many difficulties from planning to editing." said Li Yong, chief director of the documentary "It's a Bad Emotion, It's Okay." On the morning of December 3, a seminar on the c

"This was a very difficult shoot. Because this subject is very private and private, we encountered many difficulties from planning to editing." said Li Yong, chief director of the documentary "It's a Bad Emotion, It's Okay." On the morning of December 3, a seminar on the creation of the film was held at the Shanghai Mental Health Center.

According to statistics from the World Health Organization, about 1 billion people around the world are currently suffering from mental illnesses. The six-episode documentary series "It's Bad Emotions, It's Okay", produced by Bilibili (hereinafter referred to as "Bilibili") and directed by the Shanghai Mental Health Center, takes 6 "emotions" as the theme and records how people face different life situations. The confusion during the proposition and their efforts to "break out of the cocoon". As Bilibili's first medical documentary focusing on psychological emotions, the film has been viewed more than 65 million times since its broadcast on October 10, with nearly 360,000 people following the drama. It ranks first among Bilibili's self-produced new IPs for documentaries this year.

Li Yong recalled that the entire documentary production cycle took one year, and the biggest difficulty occurred during the research stage. "We often ran into walls while staying in the hospital. Sometimes we would only meet one person who agreed to be photographed for a week." He said that during the entire creation period, he had contact with more than 1,000 patients with mental illness, and more than 200 patients were photographed. There were more than 20 patients who performed tracking filming, but only 11 were ultimately edited into the film. "This was a heavy shooting experience that gave us mixed feelings. The social value of this film far exceeds its artistic value as a documentary."

Documentary Chief Director Li Yong

"The documentary "It's a Bad Emotion, It's Okay" passes the in-depth Explore the emotional stories of contemporary people and comprehensively demonstrate the joint efforts of patients, families, medical workers and all sectors of society in facing emotional problems. "The hard work reflects the progress of medicine and science in the field of emotional treatment," said Zhang Yuan, deputy secretary of the Bilibili Party Committee and director of documentaries and short dramas, saying that this documentary is an active exploration of Bilibili in the field of mental health. I hope that through this documentary, we can guide society to establish a scientific and correct understanding of mental illness and eliminate people's misunderstandings about 'mental illness.'"

Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Bilibili, Director of Documentaries and Short Dramas. According to Zhang Yuan

Yan Xiaoying, deputy dean of the School of Media and Communication at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, "It's a bad mood, it doesn't matter" is a narrative of pain in the current digital imaging space. "From the perspective of the applicant, , he actually completed self-healing. When he has the courage to tell his story, it takes courage. They are healing themselves and the people in the whole society who share the same bad emotions with him.”

"Because it involves a lot of privacy, it is understandable that this film was difficult to shoot, but it actually became a social tree hole. While the protagonist of the documentary put his own story, experience and emotions in it, this film was constantly being told. "The story can become a system of social healing." Lu Xinyu, Distinguished Professor of Zijiang at East China Normal University and Dean of the International Communication Institute, believes that this is a successful attempt to combine the public welfare and marketability of documentary.

In the opinion of experts attending the meeting, for society, this documentary marks an important step in popularizing mental health knowledge through literary and artistic works; for patient groups, this documentary helps eliminate the stigma and promote social Understanding and acceptance of mental health issues. At the

seminar, Xie Bin, secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Mental Health Center, said that the number of patients suffering from anxiety, depression, sleep and other problems has increased sharply. He believes that "It's a Bad Emotion, It's Okay" conveys a core attitude in a simple and easy-to-understand way: Negative emotions in life are not insurmountable. With the help of scientific methods and systematic intervention, people are fully capable of overcoming these challenges and transcending them. Growth after trauma. He called for more such excellent works to be published in the future to contribute to the cause of social mental health.

Xie Bin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Mental Health Center

After "It's a Bad Emotion, It's Okay" was aired, the response was enthusiastic, with a score of 9.8 on station b, and it has been on hot searches and popular lists many times. "The barrage and comment areas are full of 'come on' messages. Users will spontaneously encourage the protagonist of the show and share their real experiences in the comment area to encourage netizens to face up to and embrace bad emotions." Bilibili Liu Lu, senior producer of the documentary, said, “At the same time, Bilibili has many millionaire up owners and famous psychological teachers, Psychiatrists are recommended by real names and linked with the knowledge area to provide rational analysis and popular scientific cure methods to help more patients get guidance and comfort." She said that in the future, Station B will continue to work hard to encourage the audience to face up to psychological problems and eliminate them. The bias against negative emotions shoulders the mission and responsibility of guiding the healthy development of social emotions.