It's not that simple. I've had hypomanic episodes at times and have observed such episodes in friends, but they were still quite chaotic and a lot of the sympt

It's not that simple. I've had hypomanic episodes at times and have observed such episodes in friends, but they were still quite chaotic and a lot of the symptoms (resentment, aggression, anxiety) were still there, as were the physiological symptoms of inflammation. The episodes I've described above were quite different, and notable for the simultaneous change both in my emotional state and my physiological state.