Out of nowheres, but also some that have situational triggers. Generally heavy duty prolonged stress. I'll be strong...strong...strong.. then suddenly WHAM! a mess. The façade is GONE. Took me awhile to figure this one out, because sometimes it is so delayed. Generally, the heavy duty stressor will involve something where I've lost or very nearly lost control of my life. Or be TOTALLY at a loss of how to deal.

Hear you on the $, BipolaRNurse. I freak the f*** out because we have been destitute for so long now that any stupid thing could literally throw us into homelessness. So many constraints, it is riding a knife's edge. And the entities these monetary disasters could come from don't give a rat's azz. It makes me FURIOUS. And also terrified.

A big cross country move that I didn't want to make contributed to the worst (mixed) episode of my life (shudder). I didn't think it would. WAY too much change and not one single bit of it good. Overwhelmed tsunami-style. My psych was right to have been worried.

The everyday, passing stuff can really get to me, but rarely result in an actual episode. More like upset, furious, ruminating etc. It might affect me more than the average bear, but I wouldn't call it a proper episode. I can think of some that precipitated crises, but they were pretty major things.

(Lol, reading this over, I sound more stable than I actually am. It's often just not obvious, plus I try not to over-analyze to define my headspace. Gets me in trouble sometimes, but saves me from some crazymaking too. Sometimes emotion is just emotion.)