Eli5 why is mania bad?

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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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It is an *uncontrollably* elevated and excitable mood. Imagine feeling like you’re pumped up and super hyper to do something, then you do something but the mood *just keeps going* and you can’t calm down no matter how much you try.

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