I'm curious. For those of you who are hypomanic/manic shopping monsters, do you feel guilt... say the day of? Or do you think it's all gravy? Does the shopping help calm you? Or does it make you spin further? Do you catch yourself and think, what am I doing? If you do catch yourself, do you care?

I'm a shopper when I'm up, FOR SURE.
Sometimes it's sweeping and grand and hilarious and "Check out the 14 leotards I just bought even though I don't dance!" And "Who doesn't need a head to toe sparkle jumpsuit?"
Other times, when I have a shred of sanity remaining I will see the problem before it happens. HOWEVER, I find myself helpless to stop myself. I'll be like, " I'm about to do something really stupid. This is really dumb,this is really dumb. This is really...Oh F$$k, I've gone and done it" Then afterward I get all panicky. I hide bags, I hide purchases, but I would never ever ever return the magical items I for whatever reason NEEDED IMMEDIATELY.

Either way, it's not calming and it definitely spawns more shopping. Or wackier shopping. Or something.