Well... I'm certainly no expert with regard to mania (or hypomania) in bipolar disorder (although I have my own little hypomanic-type episodes periodically.) My thinking would be there isn't any "normal" when it comes to how mania (or hypomania) are "expressed", so to speak. Mania, or hypomania, probably affects each person who has bipolar disorder in individual ways. Here are links to 5 articles, from Psych Central's archives, on the subject of mania as well as hypomania:
Manic Episode Symptoms
Bipolar: What Mania Looks Like for Me
Hypomanic Episode Symptoms
What Hypomania Is And How It Feels
10 Ways to Prevent Mania and Hypomania
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