I understand that this is considered a mental health disorder and I’m sure there is a reason why but Mayo Clinic says that mania is characterized by an extremely elevated and excitable mood. It sounds to me like I would enjoy being elevated and excited. Now I totally can see why depression would suck in the case of bipolar especially oscillating between the two, but unipolar mania is a thing too.
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The episode [Lithium](https://radiolab.org/episodes/lithium) from Radiolab gives a great example of how dangerous mania can be, including recordings of a person in the middle of a severe manic episode. Others have explained it well (risky behavior, delusional, etc.). But hearing someone’s actual experience makes it very clear how it can be a bad thing.
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