My first true manic episode was in 2001. I was working night shift 7 days a week and really didn't sleep. I was buying things like crazy. New car, new furniture, computer etc. I even bought a trampoline for my back yard. I thought it would be a fun way to burn off some extra energy. During all of this I was becoming increasingly delusional...to the point where I had this idea that I was the next messiah and that I was going to save the world. One summer day I got this idea in my head that jumping on the trampoline was similar to "catching air" on a snowboard, so I decided to strap my snowboard on my feet and jump on the trampoline with my snowboard all the while yelling "I am going to save the world!"