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 sounds to me like I would enjoy being elevated and excited.

For an evening, yes. Not for more than a week, though. You would be sleep-deprived, you would feel invincible, and you would make poor life choices. Like unprotected sex, betting all your savings on a roulette number, driving twice the speed limit and so on.

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