yes, it’s mania season once again. It’s dangerous- it’s often missed- hypomania – the milder form of mania can feel so good that you want to ignore the reality.
I just had a week long hypomanic episode:
- Eveything looked good.
- I loved talking.
- I didn’t eat.
- I wanted to drink- but this time I didn’t!.
- I was fine being alone.
- Men looked really cute.
- I felt better about my looks.
- All of the magazines in the grocery store just looked so interesting!
My mom asked if I was manic- I said no, but she knew I was- and I knew I was! I really kept it in check.
The inevitable downswing was super bad- but it was only one day. I use my Health Cards (bipolarhappens.com) to manage this hypomania. It took me eight years to get good at it- you can do it a lot sooner because you can learn from my mistakes!
If you go to the menu on the right and click on the mania tab- you can read all of my stories and tips. Don’t deny that you’re manic. Get help. It can spin out of control very quickly.
Julie
PS: The best way to deal with mild mania is to make sure you go to sleep at the same time everynight- even when you don’t want to.
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Hello, Julie! Why is it so hard to make decisions? It takes me hours, days, weeks to make a decision and, after I´ve finally made one, I often regret the decision and spend too much time wondering how “wonderful” it could have been if I had chosen the other way available! It´s terrible because of the anxiety it causes and because of the feeling of guilty. It´s something I have always to deal with.
Your words have been helping me a lot to understand myself. They calm me down and give me hope. My currently challenge is deciding whether going on living abroad for some time more – where I can study but at the same time where I have to try to control by myself my mood and emotional crisis – or go back home and try a treatment. The last option is also hard because I know my family is a trigger.
Thank you.