[detfan4life]

I'd like to know what you're like when you're stable--maybe a general trait, maybe something that tends to show up in a pattern and surprise you when you're not expecting to be stable. For me, I often find myself singing around the house first when I haven't been well for a while, and then later see more certain traits of stability. What's yours?

[WibblyWobbly]

I clean the house and walk the dog more often.

I answer text messages and even initiate social events.

I devote more than a few minutes to reading a book or watching a TV show.

I think about working again.

I guess none of these really seem surprising, but to me they are because it's been a year and a half since I've been motivated to do anything.

I like this question. I'll come back and edit if I think of more.

[BadWolfC]

I talk less seriously, and joke more often. I laugh more. And sometimes, when I'm lucky, the river of thoughts that go through my head quiet themselves and I can actually hear the world around me instead of living in my head.

[Ripose]

Panic.

If I suddenly feel good for no reason I panic mainly because I rarely feel good, so when it does happen it's so unusual and foreign to me that I panic.

[cmorales]

I have found that I'm a lot more chill. My short temper has seemingly vanished, I'm [slightly] more sociable and not so standoffish.

Of course I also have very little motivation and little energy, but hey, at least I'm stable, right?