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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My friends dad is a psychiatrist in a mid sized town. One of his patients is a secretary who is incredibly introverted and quiet. During a manic episode she “borrowed” her bosses Porsche and drove around naked in it with a fur coat throwing roses on the streets. It sounds absurd and funny at first but she almost took her life because of the shame she felt after the manic episode ended. Especially because people will always remember that and there is no visible cause for this change in behaviour like drugs or alcohol.
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