I thought you were going into mania when I read the thread about neighbors.

It is confirmed by the thread on Mars.

In my opinion.

My own husband notices when I am changing before I do. It is not an insult, he has a talent for observation. After a few years of learning to understand he is my best friend and in my corner, I see his comments as helpful. He wants me to notice so I don't do things I will regret like: not take meds at the right time, send bad things to family on facebook, overwork myself and make my heart race, go on wild mood swings that will cause me to not like my actions when they are done, not get crazy into politics on twitter and fb sites that might cause me to get on the FBI radar.



I noticed it with the neighbor comment - Not because you didn't ask a perfectly normal sounding question, but because suddenly the way you view your surroundings was noticed and possibly could change... I do that stuff, then when I get back to normal me, I have to undo changes I made.

ME: "oh, my poor neighbor - look at her face, I can determine why she feels that way with no knowledge of her life, her physical health - I will bring her a nice cake and she and I will become friends, maybe I will help her with her kids, the entire neighborhood can be made into a better place if we get to know each other better, I am going to buy some flowers and plant them along the walkway and the world will be a better place":

I do stuff like that in my mind, it is a swing, a big change of how I look at my surroundings. I have tried to make rules for myself about not changing things that I am doing during swings, and also noticing I am trying to make big changes helps me to see if they are reasonable, or if I am in a bipolar change.