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Originally Posted by cashart10
I'm just trying to gauge your experience with mania. When you refer to times that you are manic, are you fully functional and not bizarre to others? When you define elation, do you mean elevated mood or head in the clouds? When you describe euphoria, do you mean a very good feeling or heaven on earth? When you describe irritability, do you mean you are irritated by the slightest thing or do you mean you find yourself SCREAMING at your spouse for going to the wrong grocery store? When you say you are paranoid, do you mean you worry that others are talking about you, or do you mean you worry that people are watching you and/or trying to kill you? Do you experience all of this to a varying degree? When you experience the lesser of these, do you still consider it mania? Just curious...gauging my own mania against yours.   |
Great topic. I would define my elation at its worst being head in the clouds, lost in a fantasy world. Euphoria = heaven on earth, HIGH on life feeling. Everything just clicks and seems totally perfect/meant to be. I think I have definitely come across as strange to others. OR very charming. With irritability, I have been the most heinous ***** you can imagine. Screaming, smashing dishes, etc. My last manic episode I was paranoid that there were cameras and microphones watching me everywhere. That was all full blown mania stuff. To a lesser degree I would still consider mania, and to a much lesser degree hypomania.