Wired and Wide Eyed, Bipolar Style

There is a state of mind we bipolar bears enjoy that is not quite normal but not quite hypomanic. It is not without a complete sense of good sense or sound judgment, nor is it imbued with the seductive lure that steals us into heady extremist land. It is a state of mind that permits a thunderous productivity to proceed uninhibited by the distractions and flood of narration that the manic mind often presents. The half hypo, half normal state is calm, collected and level headed, more or less. Yes, we might talk more, walk more, do more, eat less, sleep less and indulge a little too much in life’s luscious trappings. But we are not out of control, without reason or incumbent with agitation. Perhaps we get a little more adventurous, are less adverse to taking risk, but it is not in the gargantuan proportion of a mortgage or a credit card maxed to the hilt. It’s an inspired state that can be directed and harnessed to constructive and gratifying tasks, that in the manic state becomes lost in equally inspired yet unequally purposeful schemes. It is a state be to valued and relished, to be taken advantage of – but also observed as a warning of the dangers that may come. It is a time to be cautious and mindful that all could be lost, should this high, really take off.

Filed Under: Mental Health, bipolar, hypomania