How do you think others perceive you?

I've always felt that people perceive me very differently from the way I perceive myself.

Sometimes when I'm hypo/manic, I can be overbearing. I'm just so sure of myself that "everyone else is wrong". I'm the best; therefore, I'm right. That's why it gets on everyone's nerves and why I've lost a lot of friends this way. However, I'm not normally like this!

For the most part, though, I tend to be fairly quiet and reserved. However, I think people perceive me as "totally unpredictable", which is unfortunate... but I think it's because I've been rapid cycling. I'll go through periods of feeling normal and doing normal things... then I'll get hypo/manic and do something bizarre that they never expected me to do. People don't really trust me anymore