Say before mania there was something you've never done because it wasn't socially acceptable, safe, or you were scared for some other reason. Or maybe you just hadn't thought of it. Then you get manic and do the thing, come down, and think "Oh Lordy, I did that thing." Before you know it, you're doing that thing while not manic because you didn't experience horrendous consequences from that particular thing.

Just curious. It's happened to me and I can list an extreme example, but I don't particularly feel like sharing that right now or ever so I'll tell you about the roof. In the woods near this lake there's a shed the size of my house, and while manic I climbed on top of the roof and jumped off. Now when I get the chance I climb it. There's a great view of the lake. I don't always jump off because pain, but when I do it's not so bad because there's about 3 feet of pine needles so a soft landing.