I definitely absorb energy around me. I work in family practice medicine an there is unfortunately a lot of negative energy that I absorb because I work in a very poor socioeconomic area. Broken families, unemployment, lots of stressed out people all the time.

My energy is boosted when I am able to nurture my inner life; my thoughts, my art, reading, journaling, music. This replenishes me. This sometimes may trigger hypomanic episodes....not sure, my husband thinks so and he may be right. We'll see what my psychiatrist thinks.