I refer to an extreme energy/power in how I came across. Also that I was able to go from 25 mph to 150 mph in an instant. Powerful bursts. No sluggishness in power or spirit. Often over the top, too loud, too much in general. Now I'm closer to being a Sunday driver, though not quite that slow. My metabolism and general being is still a bit faster paced than many. I've learned patience, but still haven't fully mastered it.

My old psychiatrist twice told me that mild hypomania was my "baseline". I don't know that I'd say that, but...Also, my new psychiatrist seems uncertain what my baseline is. He keeps wanting my husband to join my sessions so that he can ask if my mood seems "normal" or not. Hubby has confirmed that it is, but then what is one person's "normal/baseline" is indeed not another's.

I will say that when you live with a person for so long, a certain baseline mood starts to become "normalized". What outsiders may see/perceive could be different than insiders. That may not mean that the insider perceives correctly. They just view behavior as relative to what they're used to.