I didn't actually realize it was mania until I evaluated my actions over the past few years but I become obsessed over an idea or thought. I take that idea to the highest degree. I decide I want to leave my husband, rent a house buy all new furniture, party all the time then crash and come running back to my husband and live in unimaginable debt. My most recent (but more healthy) mania episode was deciding my house was too plain. I bought new decorative furniture, wall hangings, and scentsy stuff to make me feel better. I don't know how else to describe it except my thoughts become my obsessions