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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There are two types of mania
1. Euphoria – might sound awesome at first but the feeling of being on top of the world leads people to think they’re invincible or above the law. You think you can write the next best selling novel, accomplish anything! You spend time time and money on your new project only to find out five thousand dollars and a month later, as you come down, no…. No you can’t start a jewelry business of hand crafted gold rings…
It’s a lack of inhibition that can make people disappear to other cities and states as they track down whatever crazy idea they had. It drives a lot of risk taking behavior because they no longer feel there is a risk. At worst you believe you’re a god or something and you end up on the street or strapped to a table.
2. The dark side, dysphoria- that high energy state can just as readily turn into guilt, rage, and frustration. Nothing feels right, the days stretch into nights and into days again as you brood, toss and turn, maybe you even get energy at night, more than during the day -just enough to keep you awake, though, not the fun productive energy. You have just enough energy to act on all the depressive feelings, which you normally don’t, and it’s ugly.
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