[Theresa1991]

I think I have been hypomanic for about two months.

I start to not like it anymore.

I am so wired all the time and cannot stop the racing thoughts. My mind jumps from one topic to the next and it is all existencially important. I can't stop moving, I can't concentrate.

I start new projects all the time and I swear to myself it won't happen again because I am already drowning in work and social and creative stress. I look like **** because of sleep lack.

And then the next day it happens again and I say "Oh yeah, wonderful idea, let's start that cinema project, wait, I am just gonna call up ten of my friends that I made last week at five parties, hang in, I need to work another ten hours but then I will be free to found an association with you.

Can't handle all the projects nor the planned trips nor the social contacts anymore. Just want to be normal. And then I love it again and keep doing this stuff and then I become aggressive against almost everyone and everything (don't act on it ever).

I just want to be in peace. Do I sound manic? I don't know because I act pretty normally and can have good ocnversations and stuff but I am on a go 24/7, can't remember the last evening I spent at home quietly, sleep 4 to 6 hours a night usually and went crazy about Tinder and art projects.

Do you ever suffer from your hypomania/mania?

[HALLIEBETH87]

I do when loud noises affect me and anger gets the best of me. Very uncomfortable.

[Theresa1991]

Oh yes, the sudden flashes of anger and the horrible noise. Tried to avoid people at work today to not snap at anybody and then they got me on the way to the cantine ...

[whoamihere]

Hypomania is very uncomfortable for me. The flashes of rage and constant anxiety make me miserable.

[franz kafka]

I find the sensory overload uncomfortable. This leads to irritability, which makes everyone around me uncomfortable too.

[Coconutzo]

That all sounds sooo uncomfortable! ((Hugs))
I get to where I just want to claw myself out of my skin I'm so uncomfortable! I'm sorry you are suffering

As a matter a fact I DO feel uncomfortable with hypomania. I don't like myself very much as I get irritable and easily aggrivated. I am aware I get short tempered and am quick to say things I shouldn't. It's resulted in some broken fences I haven't always been able to mend. I hate myself for it. I also become hypersensitive. Everything - sights, sounds, etc - seems so much more obvious to me adding to the irritability. I seem to hear what would otherwise be minor sounds as trumpets blaring at me. Most of all, I will get extremely sensitive to the stupidity of strangers.

Mind you, hypomania can be enjoyable too.

[Shazerac]

Originally Posted by Coconutzo

That all sounds sooo uncomfortable! ((Hugs))
I get to where I just want to claw myself out of my skin I'm so uncomfortable! I'm sorry you are suffering

That's the same way I describe it. Like I want to climb out of my skin. Hypomania sucks.