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Old Feb 22, 2016, 08:04 PM
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Boredom seems to be a feature of all my mood states.

When hypomanic I tend to quickly find my way around my boredom (which if not channeled well, leads me to trouble.) This often leads to periods of creativity and action, and I will sometimes get hyperfocused on something. These things will be, frantic cleaning, writing lists & making plans, writing in general, ranting to people, bouncing around, singing.

This often progresses to dysphoria or dysphoric hypomania/agitated depression. I can't watch TV or movies and I get bored/inpatient waiting for an iphone application to start up (2 seconds or so) and move on in a huff. Bored & agitated about it. I have plenty to do but can't concentrate. That would just add to me being irritated, then eventually feel worthless and unmotivated. So now I'm bored but feel like I can't do anything about it since I can't even concentrate. And the worst part is my sleep is all jacked up, so I get to be bored and pissed all day and all night.

Finally when I become depressed I am just bored. I'm bored but not as agitated about it. Just exhausted.
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