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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Imagine how you think depression is just a lot of really bad things making someone feel “down”

Now imagine the opposite of those bad things making someone feel “up”

Yeah. There’s a lot of bad decisions made during manic moments. Nothing has really changed, except the “yes man” attitude and willingness to do *everything.*

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