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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Yeah my dad was a manic bipolar (and unrelated I think also unable to feel any sort of empathy) and while he may have been having fun in his episodes it was like hanging around someone who’s clearly very high on some sort of hard drug. On the more tame side he once tried to order everything on the menu in a restaurant after we already finished eating which was just uncomfortable and embarrassing and on the extreme side he zipped into the driveway running over my 7 year old sisters legs. Mania, in my single experience mind you, is excitement to the point where you’re mentally and physically hurting others or yourself. I have no idea of knowing if thats how others experience it but thats mine.
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