This last manic episode was the worst for me. It started with happy hypomania, increased energy, elevated mood, thinking the world was the most beautiful place anyone could ever be, going on speed walks through the forest, etc. but it turned ugly about a week into it. I began hearing voices mumbling to me from far away. I also began seeing images In My mind, mostly of me hurting myself in various ways. I found it impossible to write in anything but convoluted prose. I began to think that my thoughts were not my own, and that maybe a demon was implanting thoughts in my head and trying to kill me (the thoughts were all intense suicidal thoughts). I thought I was being "told" to kill myself. I injured myself pretty badly and ended up hospitalized.

I guess the line gets drawn between hypo and mania for me when reality begins to blur. In my initial mania back in march led me to believe I had special healing powers and merely being in my presence would remove any emotional pain one was feeling at the time. That devolved into a mixed episode as well.