I had my first (and only so far) known hypomanic episode last spring and... WOW what a feeling. Of course, the comedown was *awful* so I'm not sure I loved it so much as I just appreciated the extended period of feeling somewhat around what I imagine feeling high-functioning neurotypical is like.
But I absolutely resonate with appreciating my bipolar. For all of mental health's challenges, often feeling *so much* if not *too much* has been really rewarding to me where it counts.
Ty! I want to revisit this feeling because I don’t think “love” is the best or only word to describe what I’m trying to get at. I’m similarly not excited for the come down but for now I’m comfortably slightly elevated which was the perfect energy for the job interviews I just did !
I think this is a really healthy approach – when my therapist helped me determine I was experiencing a hypomanic episode, he asked me to avoid high risk/reward scenarios but instead make use of the episode to get shit routine shit done (chores, personal projects, etc.) – and I think sticking roughly within those lines really helped me make the most of it.
this resonates SOOO HARD!!! as someone with bipolar disorder AND bpd, i have a lot of these ups and downs (mania and depression and the in betweens for bipolar, euphoria and extreme emptiness and the in betweens for bpd, all happening at different rates), and it's hard in the lows obviously but i am grateful that i am able to feel so much and so hard, and get this huge boost of energy and self appreciation in moments. i am grateful to not be neutral
resonate so hard!!! been thinking sm about how to be in relationship w my ocd and appreciate everything it does for me, bc it does a lot. Thank you for sharing this!!!
I had my first (and only so far) known hypomanic episode last spring and... WOW what a feeling. Of course, the comedown was *awful* so I'm not sure I loved it so much as I just appreciated the extended period of feeling somewhat around what I imagine feeling high-functioning neurotypical is like.
But I absolutely resonate with appreciating my bipolar. For all of mental health's challenges, often feeling *so much* if not *too much* has been really rewarding to me where it counts.
Ty! I want to revisit this feeling because I don’t think “love” is the best or only word to describe what I’m trying to get at. I’m similarly not excited for the come down but for now I’m comfortably slightly elevated which was the perfect energy for the job interviews I just did !
I think this is a really healthy approach – when my therapist helped me determine I was experiencing a hypomanic episode, he asked me to avoid high risk/reward scenarios but instead make use of the episode to get shit routine shit done (chores, personal projects, etc.) – and I think sticking roughly within those lines really helped me make the most of it.
PERFECT time to have a job interview.
this resonates SOOO HARD!!! as someone with bipolar disorder AND bpd, i have a lot of these ups and downs (mania and depression and the in betweens for bipolar, euphoria and extreme emptiness and the in betweens for bpd, all happening at different rates), and it's hard in the lows obviously but i am grateful that i am able to feel so much and so hard, and get this huge boost of energy and self appreciation in moments. i am grateful to not be neutral
i am grateful to not be neutral too! ty for sharing <3
resonate so hard!!! been thinking sm about how to be in relationship w my ocd and appreciate everything it does for me, bc it does a lot. Thank you for sharing this!!!
So happy to hear this resonates !
I so relate to this, thanks for sharing. I just posted a poem about being hypomanic, if you'd like to check it out :-)