[hamster-bamster]

I seemed to have landed safely from the latest hypomania. E.g. I can sit and pet my cat doing nothing. During that hypomania episode, I was driven to do something productive all the time, and obsessed, too. Now I can relax and breathe deeply.

And yet...

...maybe it is because I have some synesthesia...

...or leftover hypo, but I get excited about colors more easily, see interesting and unusual color combinations, and... just bought a can of exterior Benjamin Moore paint, in bright red of course!, to paint a tabletop for my balcony.

And depression is dull, dark, and lifeless.

As if you could almost paint bipolar.

Anybody with me? I hope so.


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[Crazycatlady82]

Yes, you could paint bipolar, however I have yet to find the color most appropriate. It's quite the rainbow.

[BipolaRNurse]

Originally Posted by hamster-bamster

I seemed to have landed safely from the latest hypomania. E.g. I can sit and pet my cat doing nothing. During that hypomania episode, I was driven to do something productive all the time, and obsessed, too. Now I can relax and breathe deeply.

And yet...

...maybe it is because I have some synesthesia...

...or leftover hypo, but I get excited about colors more easily, see interesting and unusual color combinations, and... just bought a can of exterior Benjamin Moore paint, in bright red of course!, to paint a tabletop for my balcony.

And depression is dull, dark, and lifeless.

As if you could almost paint bipolar.

Anybody with me? I hope so.


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I think you and I have talked a little about synesthesia, as I have it too. I love being able to explore the sensual delights of the world in more dimensions than the average person......and of course if you throw in a little hypomania, it's even better.

when I'm depressed, all the world appears in dulled pinks and blues and sepia tones, and tastes dull and flat. Hypo or manic, though, and everything practically bursts into life with vibrant yellows and orange and turquoise, and it tastes so exquisitely bright!

Of course, no one who's NOT a synthesthete can fully appreciate this brand of weird. I didn't even know there was a word for it until I was in my 40s. I only told a very few people and they all thought I was out of my tree. It's good to know that this is a very real phenomenon.

[hamster-bamster]

Sepia. That. Sepia-hued depression. It describes it better - for me - than "dark" or "black".