Does anyone have moments when they really feel no matter what they do it will not result in any bad consequences? Like reckless acts of crazy stuff that you think you will survive? Jumping off stuff or getting knocked down? Getting involved in physical fights? It really is dangerous to have those days without thinking about ending up in hospital I guess.

Yes, I used to have those days while in super-mania mode. I would drive 50mph over the speed limit, be out on the downtown scene by myself and indulge in whatever drugs or drink that was offered to me. Jump in other peoples cars, go home with strangers. End up in a new part of town, not know where I was or who I was with. I'd be out for days. I would basically put my life in other peoples hands. Anybody's hands. It is a very dangerous place, and what's worse is when your friends and family don't see it as being caused by a bipolar manic state, they just think you're doing it by "choice" and you're rebelling. Thankfully, I'm in a better place in my life and no longer engage in dangerous behavior. It's hard to control or stop once you're manic, if you're still doing dangerous things, I would talk to your doctor about some medication changes.

I know exactly what you are talking about. "Of course nothing bad could of happened doctor, I am a superhero."

[IndieVisible]

I'm not bipolar but I do have my grandiose moments! Thankfully they are just that, moments, not days or weeks of it

[99 FAIRIES]

Tglynn explained my last manic episode to a T. I ended up being drugged rapped and beaten...just from leaving the bar with strangers..be careful.

[Manic Trance]

Not physically, I tend to be relatively cautious there, except I randomly hate wearing seat belts. But! I do make life choices with total abandon without thinking through at all the consequences, like somehow it will just be cool. When it obviously won't be cool. My wife gets so mad at me about this... She'll be like 'what on earth were you thinking, how could that be OK???!!!' And I never know what to tell her, it gets me really down, I feel ashamed and embarrassed by it. This is mainly in the financial and logistical area... Ugh...
More work to do...
Soon...
MT

[99 FAIRIES]

You may feel untouchable...but yer not.

Yeah, I can't tell you how lucky I am to have lived through my late teens and early 20s when it came to stranger danger one night stands and driving down the median of the highway halfdrunk/asleep.

[BipolaRNurse]

Ten feet tall and bulletproof---yup, I know just what you mean.