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Originally Posted by cocoabeans
"Mania" or "hypomania" isn't fake. You feel it just like anyone feels anything. Whether it is the "appropriate" response to your situation doesn't make it any less real. What you do in your mind to interpret these feelings is important though. Rather than saying to yourself, "I feel so good, the world is good, life is good." That's fake. You should stop say, "I feel good for no reason." And experience it for what it is.
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Great words! Of course, I can definitely tell when I'm in a true manic phase because I'm just absolutely crazy (thought not harmful to anyone), but as I have put more effort into analyzing my moods and then looking at my surroundings, what's going on, and how I feel
inside, rather than what's just exhibiting on the outside, I realise that a lot of times, this is just me. It's me not bogged down. And that has been the most amazing feeling in the world to discover. And while I know those downtimes will come again, I know these times will come again too.
I think for a long time I thought that I should be able to "get better" and stay at that point. And then "get even better" and stay at that point until eventually there was no more crash. But now I see I was completely wrong! Those times are always going to come. But the good times are always going to come too.
I've been working so hard on positive thinking.