When you are "up" do you think people are "down"?

Two years ago when I became psychotic, I would notice changes in peoples moods. For instance, when I was at work I would think my colleagues were not quite themselves and were a little down in their moods. Maybe the problem was that I was actually up and not them who were down. Or maybe it was part of psychosis?

To be honest, when I was severely manic and psychotic...I couldn't care less about how others were feeling. My delusion was that I was God's "Chosen One", and I felt on top of the world...while experiencing paranoia and some hallucinations. Not a good combo!

Because I had this unusually high self-esteem, I was very self-focused. If people's moods around me were different, I probably didn't even notice.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I didn't have any type of hallucinations. Mines were purely delusions. It might be my schizophrenia I guess.

When I am up, I don't have patience with others' down moments, quite ironic considering how well I am treated when down!
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Thanks, when I asked my colleagues if they were okay because they didn't seem like themselves, they turned it round on me because I was making mistakes and not concentrating

When I'm up, I hardly notice others' emotional states - my mind is usually a mile a minute in other directions. But other people definitely notice my moods, and some friends (who don't know about the dx) will very consistently remark that I seem particularly happy or upset and then ask what's going on. Um, just having a good day, I guess...

I worry when I'm up...I do worry about other people being down at that time too. I wonder why they aren't as happy as me. I also worry that they think I'm too up! Now that everyone knows I have an illness...I wanted to buy a puppy at Christmas time...and everyone told me I shouldn't...then I got annoyed because I figured they thought I couldn't handle it, and they didn't. I'm still going to get a puppy after the summer.........bleh!!

When im up I dont notice or care what other people think or do .

Forgive : I went and found my puppy( at the pound ) when i was a utter mess back last march .. He gave me a reason to get out of bed and he was my best friend becasue i didnt want any human contact at all .. but my Dog Sirius was fine .. MY T believes in animal therapy .. Unconditional love thingy comes into play he is still my best friend

Come to think of it I do. I ask my husband if something is wrong. I buzz around while everyone in a normal state of mind can watch tv or read at my house. When I was working I dont think i was worried about what anyone else was doing when i went manic. I was too involved in me and all the great unrealistic ideas i was having. I did get a lot done though.

When I am up/manic I am so lost in my own world of I am God and I can do anything that I don't notice or care about mere mortals. LOL. It's rather annoying to those around me. They let me know about it when I come out of it. I usually also get delusional and have hallucinations so I am really out there. So until my meds get tweaked correctly I am really in La La land.

I do find I feel rather bad about how I ignored others during the manic/delusion/Hallucination phase after things clear up again. I do make an attempt to right any wrongs done.

Otherwise I just go about my business to the best of my ability.

I tend to get very wound up and want everybody else to be as speedy and happy as I am and have the same flight of ideas I have. I tend to brush off their feelings if they don't join me- like "Oh come on! Its not that bbad! That's funny!!" and such.

When I was manic, my parents seemed very sluggish and like they were stuck in a fog. Honestly, they seemed oblivious, trapped, and completely unaware of the state of things. Of course, this is probably because I thought the end of the world was coming soon and my younger generation was going to rise up as the older generations became too entrenched in their own apathy. Anyway, that kind of thinking also filtered over to other people I met (though not everyone). No one seemed to be talking about anything important. Group therapy at outpatient was sooo slow in the beginning, before I became more stable.

Hi ishy! No, I really don't even notice their mood. I just think they're excruitiatingly and downright intolerably slow and stupid! (Which, when I'm back on the ground, realize how ironic and very unfair of me that is in light of how I am when depressed!) Even though it might not be true, I don't think of it as delusion (because frankly, I tend to think of quite a few people in the same way when I'm level(!)). Beside the usual being waaay ahead of the point someone's eventually going to make when talking and wishing like crazy they'd speed up and get to it already, sometimes I think I know what they're going to do before they do (say, in driving, I'm "sure" of the next moves several people will make before they happen). That is probably delusional. (Even though I am pretty good at anticipating such things on a smaller scale when normal.) But that has nothing to do with noticing their mood.

I do believe its in perception. When I'm up others seem slower. I become frustrated. When I'm down others seem to fast and I can't keep up. My husband will point out my mood by saying "You're going too fast for me". He is a very intelligent person who is fast-minded so I know I must be going pretty fast.

I think that concern is like a gentle paranoia & happens to me a lot when I'm up. Not when I'm in full-blown mania, as I'm very psychotic & incoherent & inconsiderate at that point, but when I'm just riding the wave. But it could be related to schizophrenia, I suppose. Thinking people are something when they're not. Not a fully formed delusion, but in the same ballpark.