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These energy levels are all relative, though. If you’ve spent most of your life in a depressed state, then suddenly having energy (possibly because you’re deali
by mynameisvlad 3y ago
These energy levels are all relative, though. If you’ve spent most of your life in a depressed state, then suddenly having energy (possibly because you’re dealing with your mental health for the first time) then a lot of things are going to look like “hypomania” in comparison and I feel like that is the case for a lot of people.
- sdwr 3y agoWhere it turns into mania, in my experience, is when you start doubling down repeatedly. If your good feeling comes from believing that you are making a huge change in your life, you get anchored to the rate of change, and start needing bigger and bigger feelings to keep up. It's a kind of self-ponzi scheme - nothing has tangibly gotten better, all you have is the belief.
- nullindividual 3y agoHypomania is an unusual level of excitement and happiness; 'thinking straight' becomes difficult, but it doesn't feel that way in the moment. Happiness and hypomania are easily distinguishable.
- mynameisvlad 3y agoWhat, exactly, constitutes “an unusual level of excitement and happiness” to someone who has lived for many years in a depressed state? I’m going to take a gander and say that happiness and hypomania are far from “easily distinguishable” in this case, which was my entire point. If you’ve spent your life depressed, then any amount of happiness is going to look a whole lot like hypomania.