March Madness: Hypomania
Earlier this month, YouTube Digger looked at mania. Now, we’re going to take a look at it’s more common and less severe younger sibling, hypomania (sometimes nicknamed “mania lite”).
Hypomania is a symptom of mental illness but it doesn’t mean that ther person is dangerous or needs to be committed to an asylum. Hypomania often happens to people suffering with bipolar disorder. However, hypomania can be really disruptive in a person’s life. Even though many people with hypomania report feeling euphoric, they still may not be able to make decisions, may not remember to keep commitmits and can really tick off family and friends. Many people with hypomania can manage their condition with medications and with practices like keeping a journal or entering therapy.
Symptoms of hypomania include really rapid speech, delusions of granduer, sudden bursts of creativity, a need for no sleep and an inability to sit still. But there are all kinds of shades and variations in hypomania, because every person who has it has their own unique set of symptoms. Here is an Irishman, GuyInterrupted, vividly describing what it’s like to live with hypomania:
So, hypomania is a mixed blessing that a lot of people would rather prefer to do without. However, when in the grip of a hypomanic episode, you feel GREAT. Not only that, but you feel as if you are God. You know the answers to everything and you want to get right at solving all of the world’s problems.
The following video was made by a bipolar patient who, I’m going to guess, was in the grip of a hypomanic or manic episode. Take this info with a very large grain of salt:
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