Not that often. It's more that sometimes I have days when I'm irritable and sad about the world and country's affairs, but that passes quickly. If I counted the number of significant depressions in my life, I'd say they number about six. Some only weeks long and others longer. Only two particularly disabling ones. If I count "mixed episodes" or just bouts of anxiety that brought my mood down, there were many more than that. I'm more often elevated in mood (mild hypomania to full blown manic). The milder hypomania months far outnumber my depression months. Honestly, I'm fairly good at putting pure depressions behind me. Some of my mixed states (some with psychosis), on the other hand, have been traumatizing to various degrees.

Q: How much have your hypomanias/manias affected how people around you feel about you?