Mental Illness

Mania

What is Mania? As I’ve mentioned before, mania is different than hypomania. (See posts: insights into bipolar disorder, and “what is hypomania?”) I differentiate these based on severity, and according to how well I’m able to function. In hypomania, I can function normally and go about my day-to-day life and take care of my family …

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Hypomania

What is Hypomania? During hypomania, as I’ve explained in this original post, I am still fully functioning as a “responsible adult” (or at least, as much as I am any other day. *see meme*) 1. First main experience that happens in hypomania: lots of ideas I usually recognize that it’s hypomania when I start to …

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