For sure. I get all knotted up with some kind of awfulness that I just can't really describe, so I don't even try. And usually this is when everything looks fine on the outside but is shattering on the inside, so even if I tried to put it into words, no one really believes that I'm feeling that distressed.

On the hypomanic end, though, I just say that I'm "in love with the world" and use a lot of superlatives. But it doesn't really get at the compulsiveness, impulsiveness, and frenzy that goes with that.