I completely agree! I think some people are too quick to
Say it's an episode when it's just a normal reaction or a simple bad day. I had a bad day yesterday but it wasn't an episode! Just a day!

I'm pretty good at telling the difference between grief and depression for myself. Yesterday was grief. I can't explain it but there is a heaviness that goes with depression for me. And sometimes I can have a depressed day and still not be in an episode.

I don't count hypomania either unless it goes on for more than three days. Although I've only had two short episodes of Mild hypomania in the last two years.