Once i got consumed by a grand renovation of my entire home including knocking down all the walls. I was on the Home Depot site day and night. Only the long delay between committing to the project and the actual work starting saved me. My hypomania burnt out and i came back down to Earth and realized how foolish it all was. I was able to cancel with no penalties and get my money back.

That's about the only time a single really big project has devoured me tho. Usually during hypomanias i get several small projects going at once so the potential for disaster is less. I'm sure your therapist has heard it a thousand times. As long as there are no permanent financial repercussions i think of it as somewhat of a vacation or more staycation. It's nice to take a break and have passions.

I got passionate about free public transit last Fall. I felt ashamed about getting so fervent about it for a while after but now it doesn't bother me, except for the meeting i had with my city councilor and the nonsense emails i sent after. I made a nuisance of myself. But like your therapist, i'm sure my city councilor deals with all sorts of zealous people so i try not to worry. I'll be fine as long as i don't have to see him and i don't anticipate ever having to.

Depression is boring but no one can say hypo/mania is not interesting! BIPOLAR: It's not all bad.