You Know You are Manic When .....

done these (not the last one though!

yes to insane new expensive hobbies, yes to talking to strangers just to be able to talk, yes to giving away important personal items and huge loans to associates!

...when you start cracking on to every guy you know (single or not) because you cant bear one moment alone. (especically when you normally hate people)

when you cant wait any longer at your daughters birthday party for one of the kids to break the pinarta, cut the line and smash it to smithereens!

when you drive for hours on end in a loop thats only 5 k long, singing , smoking, crying, laughing, screaming!

when you get so angry in the shops (because there are simply too many people) and kick a cosmetics display over with a high kick and then run away!

when you create a master piece in an hour then smash it to smithereens!

actually i have not done this for the mailman, but f
Or friends family friends of friends, childrens of friends friends teachers, and occasionally people who work in the petrol station.

OMG. I punched over a stack of Pringles chips in Walmart in that mood. LMAO.

When getting kicked out of your house seems adventurous!!

I'm not bipolar, but I am cyclothymic which i guess technically is a type of bipolar and i obviously do get manic
so you know you're manic when...
you decide (in the middle of the night) that your fringe just 'isnt you' and cut it off with a pair of kitchen scissors
you go on ebay and buy 3 of the exact same thing because it was so cheap and you always wanted one, despite already being into the overdraft you technically shouldnt need
you spend a weeks wages on your sisters christmas present because you jsut love her so much (she did really like it though )
After your fringe finally grows back and you decided to have a mohawk you shave the sides completely bald with a disposable razor, and only cut a chunk out of your head twice
You decide that your friends are out to get you and youd much rather hang out with your 'new best friend'
you decide that you could probably outrun all your friends and make a break for it becuase if you escape they cant stop you doing anything
at 2am your 'new best friend' convinces you itd be a good time to go shopping to buy presents for everyone

I do something like that, I create really intricate works of art then scribble all over them or if they are digital just delete them.

After your fringe finally grows back and you decided to have a mohawk you shave the sides completely bald with a disposable razor, and only cut a chunk out of your head twice

I once decided to "layer" my hair on my own... I have VERY long hair... and i cut the top layer to like 5 inch lenght (so during one unfortunate period of life i worn this top "layer" teased into sort of fauxhawk.

oh dear D: at least fauxhawks are kindof interesting, most people told me i looked like a bloke with my mohawk, not that i really minded, i used to be quite butch

these are awesome...
*The later you stay up the more powerful you feel.
*The more people you talk to the more lives you will touch
*deciding to clean every inch of a room with bleach
*deciding (AGAIN) to start a journal that will one day be published and make me famous because I am so interesting everyone will want to know my thoughts - spending hours shopping for the perfect journal, pen and then writing for hours during the manic season, only to find when it's over, I can't always read what i've written.

you elope, sell all your possessions in a yard sale, and hitchhike around the country for the better part of a year.

Wow .. what a response to the thread. Keep it up guys !!

You Know You are Manic When .....

You start hundreds of new threads and forget what you had done.

You put food on the fridge and not in it.

You end up pushing someone's stroller in the market and then wonder where you child is?

You know you're manic when you starting acting out of character sexually, and contemplating hooking up with guys u haven't seen in like a decade...

.... when

1 - you cut your hair into an inverse mohawk (bald down the middle) and dress up as Friar Tuck for your children's school's annual fair.

2 - you are giving your teenage children's friend a lift home, and she directs you to drive around the traffic circle. After the 4th time around it, laughing hysterically, she politely explains which exit she wants you to take. (Joke long since over for her).

3 - hot shower water on your skin makes you think you have died and gone to heaven

4 - your first sip of cappuccino for the day sends a bolt of ecstasy through you that makes orgasm seem tame

5 - you jump on your kids trampoline and can't stop having fun even though your legs have long since turned to jelly.

6 - you feel a deep and bonding affection for the birds in the sky who spent the last few hours with you on the trampoline

7 - you dream intense and complex symphonies, and build the score for a range of instruments you have never played before. You conduct the orchestra with passion and precision that makes anything you have heard during your waking hours pale by comparison. (On waking you can't put it down on paper, cos you're musically illiterate).

8 - You hear music on the radio and pick out fine nuances of various instruments that send you into rapture. You know you have a profound sense of musicality that enables you to discern and appreciate the finest of musicians known to mankind. Once on mood stabilisers, you wonder what ever gave you that bizarre notion.

9 - you invest in expensive musical equipment and instruments, convinced you have maestro talent bursting to show itself to the world. After the mania ends, the training courses collect dust, and the instruments are too painful to pick up. The ego takes more than a realistic knock.

I'm too ashamed to mention in detail the destructive rages and bad driving stories, but they would count as my manic examples too.

Tsunamisuefer- you sure you're not me? I AM a musician and can't remember the music after I wake up even though in the dream it was ultra-vivid and I saw the music a d was singing it!

The hot water and coffee things can ne enterchanged for me. I hear nuances in music and always have but then again I'm a trained singer. And as for the shower, yup and other instances that shouldn't elicited such responses.

Heh heh, Moose, it seems some of us come alive with sensory awareness when we are up. I just battle with understanding what talent is real, and what I am way overestimating.

It simply amazes me that so many of us have had similar experiences. I truly thought I was the only one who did such things. Actually glad to know I am not alone. This is a great thread!

For me, I feel like my eyes are lasers that can see sharper and more clearly than others. Colors are brighter and music is ecstacy. Flavors are amazing in my mouth. I also feel at these times that I am a superior being and not a mere mortal. I feel like I am vibrating. Best way to describe it.

I get an internal vibrating feeling - more a buzzing, but not completely- and it's very unpleasant! Unsettling.

i totally get the eyes like lasers...sometimes i think that if stare hard enough at someone..i could really damage them...i have no idea what my face looks like at that time...but they always look scared when i talk to them...

does anyone else get mystical or religious experiences?