WINNER’s Mino Revealing His Panic And Bipolar Disorders Surfaces, Sparking Military Evasion Debate  

Amid WINNER Song Mino‘s current legal issues, his past comments about his mental health have resurfaced.

It was reported that WINNER’s Mino skipped 102 days of his mandatory military service while working as a public service worker, with a possible three-year prison sentence as a consequence. Recently, the idol appeared in court for his first trial, where prosecutors asked for an 18-month prison sentence.

Prosecution Demands Prison Sentence For WINNER’s Mino For Intentionally Skipping Military Service

Mino’s diagnosed illnesses have been mentioned during the trial, leading his disclosure to resurface.

In 2022, WINNER appeared on Oh Eun Young’s Gold Counseling Center, where he disclosed for the first time that he had bipolar disorder. He previously shared that he had panic disorder, but in this appearance, said he was diagnosed with both in 2017.

That is when I began to see a doctor. I was diagnosed with panic and bipolar disorder, so now I receive treatment and medicine for them. It was really hard.  […] I would cry when nobody was watching after during filming breaks, and then go back to shoot again. Life felt tragic whenever the camera stops rolling.

— Mino

Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings, ranging from high-energy mania/hypomania to low-mood depression, and can range in how effective treatment is, as it appeared to in Mino’s case based on his statements.

Daily MINO appreciation tweet, because I miss him, and I love him so much. I will never get over how brave he is, speaking so openly as an active idol and being a role model for us all. He deserves the world, and I can’t wait to get him back. pic.twitter.com/27bqSFCNlx

— Dahlia 🐲 Headmistress 💎👑 (@isagdragonrider) September 15, 2024

This has sparked a debate online, with many that have the condition speaking about their challenges and questioning Mino’s current legal battle.

People who don’t have bipolar don’t understand how extremely debilitating it is, I have type 2 and there are times I’ve called off work, with how my schedule is I can take a week off and have spent the whole time laying in bed

— kels (@kyoongxxgrrrl) April 21, 2026

he’s so so brave for this, even tho he said in the trail his disorders are no excuse for his actions they are still the reason why he acted that way. I think yall with no mental illness are acting way too horrible and criticizing him way too much, mentally ill brain is not the-

— уuкı SAW 1VERSE 19/4🐝 (@rqtyuki) April 21, 2026

as someone who has bipolar 2 there is days where everything feel heavy like this year i take annual leave just to sleep and locked in my room for days so yeah hope mino surround by people who love him

— Kìm in another dimension🍀😈 (@flowerroad50) April 21, 2026

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