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Old Apr 17, 2017, 03:39 PM
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It's hard to put a classification on something which is essentially a spectrum. I just think of it as.. how bad was I? How expensive the damage? How expensive the impulse buying? One thing that I always think of when it comes to a lot of classic manic behavior.. stuff like flying off to Thailand on a whim, buying a boat driving home from work, etc... you have to be financially CAPABLE of doing these things no matter what the impulse. I suppose if you go rob a bank to do these things.... Manic.
I like the idea of thinking of it as more of a spectrum rather than it being either column A or column B. I've never experienced the grandiose thoughts or psychosis which I've been told are what are needed to make a true manic diagnosis, but from what I've read on here, it's not as simple as that, right?
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