One possibility is you have always had that craziness but you learned to compensate for it using various strategies. But when you’re low on mental energy, you c

One possibility is you have always had that craziness but you learned to compensate for it using various strategies. But when you’re low on mental energy, you can’t compensate effectively. I experience this in an extreme way having bipolar. I learned very young how to function despite a severe disability. Lack of sleep would make everything worse because I couldn’t keep on top of things. When you’re in the middle of it, it feels normal.