What MANIA Feels Like
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Best wishes for happiness. Your channel is putting a face on mental health and that is important. ❤
I spent $28000.00 in a year grocery store online yes I've been naked done extreme everything and totally fake normal cuz people say I'm crazy . 💔 It's hard your so so so on point .😂
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It’s so hard to fall asleep your voice keeps on or not even your voice it’s Jess , uncontrollable non-stop rambling over and over and over where you can even focus as if I even come down enough to try to focus to sleep fucking sucks
Bless you. ❤ thank you. Your very brave to open yourself up on such a forum which can lead to negative people, please don't let them impact you. 🙏🏼 For you to be blessed my dear! And again thanks, this short video spoke to my soul
Wow, i didnt think anyone could capture it that well. You're brave as all hell for being so open and real about it.
Yeah and she has a wonderful SOH about it.
She's the best and she's going thru it rn
Hell of a fighter ❤️
She did amazing! The three heads conversation😮 that's so me. I really try to be aware that I am in a manic episode and take time and space and try to not be such a force on my loved ones 💔
Tho thtunning and brave..
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Mine can be euphoric, but mostly manifests as high anxiety, agitation, and irritability.
Same
Same with me
Mine too since I've become a mother. Euphoric manias have almost entirely disappeared 😢.
Yes very overwhelming. Irritating feel like I'm going to come out of my skin
I barely get any sleep. I haven't had a manic episode in years but I have hypomania
OMG I love the bikini in the snow. I thought I was the only one who became " immune" to temperatures during that phase.
Me too!!!! It’s like temperatures don’t exist anymore!
Have you heard of Wim Hof? He does this. And I don't think he is a so called schizophrenic.
My neighbors do not appreciate no curtains on the windows and the lack of clothing generally.
I try to be modest but it can be difficult at times. I use good judgement around women and children though.I keep that at the forethought of my dislike for wearing clothes in my home.I would not subject them to that ever on purpose
Yo same I didn’t even think about that until reading this
The best time of my life is during mania, the worst time of my life is everything after.
Wow, that is so true for me too
So true I wish there could be some community for us Bipolars where we can be as free and open and tell our weird crazy and awesome unique stories to each other ,, for miat of the time I got sad about my manic activites which I regretted later fueling my depression but now I own those and accept all my flaws with open arm and will lead them to perfection I want to perfect my Mania wherein I am as eyphoric creative but still very much in control being depressed alao for a long time is also not normal so qhy dont embrace our much crazy side and keep it in check from our previous EXPERIENCEs GUYS ....😂😂😂 LIVE AND LET LIVE why dont these simple things others understand not EVERYBODY is an perfect idol .....
But the depression that follows soon after😢
When you realize you're manic and know a crash will happen..and then say "screw it this is too much fun" lol
Right
Wow haha. A bi polar friend told me she feels like whatever she attempts everything inside her says it’s impossible for her to fail. That’s unimaginable to me! Brains are wild!
Yes, even though rationally I know it doesn't make sense, it sure _feels_ that way, which is weird. Everything feels so tasty, every touch feels so thrilling, the world is inspiring, I'm great, the sky is brighter, everything is brighter (and it probably is, because pupils dilated), and everything is going to work out. I'm like "Ok, brain, whatever. I'm going to enjoy this while it lasts". When one is depressed, on the other hand...
Fortunately I'm very rational, self-controlled, pragmatic, disciplined, and emotionally aware, it helps a lot navigating the disease. I'm asocial as well (Schizoid PD), which might help somehow.
Sounds like a good thing to me..where’s the down side to that?
@@lalitajackson1134mania isn’t enjoyable. it’s not happy vs sad it’s more up vs down. when i’m manic i don’t feel truly happy/content it’s a very surface level feeling of euphoria/excitement. also, mania can make you do harmful things. you are not 100% there when you’re manic.
@@juwington Thank you for the transparency and information.
God sets us up to win not fail it's in the Bible so she's telling the truth. The Devil messes things up
I've explained it that at the beginning of my hypomanic episodes I'm like a hippie at Woodstock, then by the end I feel like a Vietnam vet. I go from peace love and high energy to miserable irritable and almost incapacitated
Very interesting depiction. I love the way you described it.
I would much rather have bipolar than have been in the Vietnam war! No lies
Bipolar here. Me too. Supposedly hypomanic symptoms cause the most emotional damage, we’re th’ beeyoches of the spectrum! Too bad; let the haters deal w/it and see how they handle the illness.
I’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder but have never felt like this. I’m constantly sad and still they won’t change my diagnosis. I know it’s major depressive disorder. Heck I’d love to have a manic episode but I don’t. Sometimes I feel happy but I don’t get the hypomanic or mania. They diagnosed me with it because they said I was talking fast. Does that make any sense. I seriously feel like crying.
@@SarahPestoit doesn't, u should talk to a other professional
The "rapid talking" is extremely accurate, as well as spending money without a care in the world!😊
i just drained my whole account $2 left 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
I liked the Monopoly money at the beginning 😂.
It’s accurate but the real deal is much faster and incomprehensible, yet concise and well annunciated.
When i have mania i text people unnecessary stuff and text them excessively. Sucks bro. But that's because i have soo much bottled up inside
Same!!!!
I hope you get help and talk to someone, Hope you both the best
I texted my downstairs neighbour today. Someone was doing DIY and I decided to share that with her. 😂
Lol I'll ramble text with you
Does medication stop the cycles of mania and depression?
I have Bipolar 1 and you nailed it! The scariest thing about mania is the absolute lack of fear of consequences and the lack of concern for personal safety. I'm so glad my medication has eliminated my manic episodes.
Yep I relate . Emigrated to France during an episode . Lol
Wat medication are you on
@@libeharrington63 They had me on two antipsychotics . One made m'y haïr fall out ! And I felt liké a zombie . People would speak to me but thé thought in m'y head wouldnt manifest in m'y mouth ! Now Im just on 400 g of Lithium . I was prescribed 800 g but it dulled m'y mind so I reduced it . Works great for me . Problem is Ive had so much trauma IE CPTSD etc . Difficult to seperate trauma from bipolar . I was crippled with dépression and now thats under control . Had some speedy speach flight of ideas and impulsive high risk décisions . Ive survived and life is good . Peace
@@libeharrington63curious to know too
@@dianecleary1054😂😂
I’m bipolar, I always tell people the depression side is like being thrown into a dark pit of hell. The mania is fun most of the time lol
Read Bhagavad Gita bipolar disorder will destroyed
How often does it happen if you dont mind me asking? Is it a cycle? Mania-depression and how long does it last! Im just really curious
@@tequilabumbum4373for me personally it can last up to two hours to a day but it’s different for everyone
Me lately lol. Hahaha. Schizo affective disorder here. Im sharing because everyone tells me not to tell people and family but im not afraid to share it and if they are afraid of me sharing it then they arent the ones for me. Because i was born to help others and if my sharing helps even 1 person then maybe it can save that 1 beautiful life. And i would be so happy just saving that 1 person that needed it. Im thankful i found your page when i needed you. You saved a life.
It's having all the stupid ideas you have when you're drunk, coupled with boundless confidence and energy to act on them.
my bestie has bipolar 2 and I've just gotten so used to it at this point. The amount of times he'll call me at 3 in the morning saying, "should I cut my bangs-" "PUT THE SCISSORS DOWN"
I have Bipolar I with psychosis, and when I describe mania to people I tell them that it feels like being high as a kite with euphoria without taking drugs. It can feel like I’m literally flying, or like I’m invincible. When I’m manic I talk really, really fast to the point where my husband has to tell me to slow down, but to me it feels like I’m talking at a normal speed.
Minus the money part.
I was hospitalized and diagnosed with bipolar 1 over 12 years ago and I've been put in situations where I was digging bottles out of garbage cans just to get enough change to buy a honey bun. And ever since then I'm the complete opposite with money. I understand a lot of bipolar folk ain't good with money, but some are forced to be. The fear of starving in the backseat of my car again is really what keeps me disciplined. It doesn't matter what state of mind I'm in, I can never go back to that and I will never do that to myself again. Every once in a while I'll still make an impulsive purchase but it's nowhere near enough to destroy me.
I went 7 years with no mania, then boom.... The last two happened six months before the last 2 eclipses
1. Impulsive/Risky financial decisions
2. Obsessive erratic activities
3. Racing, disorganized, overlapping thoughts/voices
4. Excessive fantasies of grandeur
5. Hyper over exuberance/over excitement
6. Short tempered/ snappy to aggravate
7. Non-drowsy over stimulated mind
8. Reckless physical behaviour
I'm no doctor nor clinician. Just labelling some of the symptoms as I experience them. All apply to me except running in the buck in winter (Canada -30C = dangerous) but rolling in mud after a thunderstorm or during.
Do you know or remember what you do and say during a mania episode or do you lose consciousness?
@@vanessaleitao231 I do not lose consciousness. I remember all of the episodes. For me they are very seductive. Dropping into a manic episode where I construct vast movie-scapes that I play in my head over and over in my mind are quite elaborate. I can engage with these day time fantasizes for hours even days. Writing them down is far too difficult. I continually rework the fantasy with new actors/players, sets, objects so written words are too clumsy and ineffective to describe the visions. I am physically and mentally exhausted after engaging with the episodes. Time lapses quickly and has little meaning. Hope that helps! :)
My manic episodes are different activities but the same frantic euphoria.
Considering the possibility that I may have just had a manic episode. I have no bipolar diagnosis. But this does describe what I was feeling. I was also on vacation though
@@MJSHappy It is possible. You can always talk to a psychiatrist if you are worried.
Wow I’m in tears , this is literally how I feel at least a few times a week followed by extreme crashes in motivation and my body just feels numb . I have never been diagnosed with anything but anxiety but I may need to talk to my dr 😢
Will you go out with me?
Great video! one mania time I blew $5000 on a roulette table. I then went running through the hotel hallway singing Eye Of The Tiger. Somehow I ended up in a lady's room where I engaged in a completely unsafe activity with a total stranger! Then jumped in my jeep and drove 100+ miles per hour to Chicago where I would pulled up to gang bangers and yell horrible things then drive away. Somehow I made it back to my house, where I went into the attic hid behind the chimney for three days and urinated in a Pepsi bottle. . Good ole mania. Great videos keep posting them.
We are very much alike.
Sounds like a weekend for me.
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Man, your grandkids will have a field trip with the stories you'll tell them
Wow! Interesting story. That story can be a damn movie.
I like your videos .... they're educational.. don't stop making videos.. and continue to be the best you can be.. you are a successful woman. I too have schizo or more like bipolar schizo but yeah I relate to some of what you talk about.
She does too, it's called Schizoaffective disorder, basically like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in one...
this is fake. either she has eating disorder we don't know about or this is another scam story designed to be excluding actual people who deal with trauma by improving upon the life environment, travel, grow plants 🪴 , eat the right food etc.
And the cure is in your kitchen! Yes, it is curable.
OMG! This is EXACTLY how I feel when I’m manic. I get on my own nerves🤦🏻♀️!!So on point. Thank you so much for this!!
Thanks for sharing helping me to understand my loved one more ❤❤
Never thought I’d be a groupie for a mental health content creator.. here we are 🙃
as a person who suffers from bipolar i must say... NAILED IT!
Every time im mania i always end up with a new set of christmas lights somewhere in my house. I always put up some kind of rgb light strip for a really intense reason that i cant quite ever remember
I found you 2 years ago when my son went into a Phycosis, then we took him to a mental health Hospital here in Australia. It was so hard to get my head around what was happening...how he was, how could I help, is the Hospital treating team doing right by him? Learning and understanding the meds... the whole nine yards!! You have helped me so much. I sort of felt he had Schizophrenia. It so happens he does mixed with OCD. For him, its more "signs" and a"feeling" rather than voices. Everyone is different. But also everyone is beautiful and remembering you are a wonderful spirit, a human and also living with a condition. I've learnt mental health changes. He learns about himself more each day. You helped me so so much. I recommend you to others aswell. ♡♡♡♡
Hoping better meds come on the market soon. Presynapic treatment for Dopamine production etc. And who knows in the future. love Felicity... ps love the bikini in the snow!♡ very ... whats that guys name ? ..Wynhoff?
All that symptomatology....and the solution is in the gut!
Wim hof
Wim hof
Spot on
This makes a lot of sense! I was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder/an unspecified mood disorder, when in reality I have ADHD and autism. This very much resembles my periods of hyperfocus and hyperfixation. (often followed by overwhelm and a dramatic crash) I have met so many fellow neurodivergent people online who have a similar story to mine, and some who were misdiagnosed as ADHD/autistic and were really bipolar/schizophrenic! It is a crazy, complicated process finding one's true diagnoses, but it can be such a relief finally understanding your brain.
I've witnessed this in others. I have Schizophrenia & ADHD. I can be hyper, but not manic thankfully. The crash you get from mania is devastating. You captured this so well. Bravo.
When I'm manic, my favorite thing to do is rap Hamilton and Dolores Madrigal's part in "We Don't Talk About Bruno," both on double speed, whilst furiously scribbling. The double speed feels a bit slow for me in that state.
I love my manic episodes 😊
Seeing you enjoying, even it's for sake of the video, warms my soul! I got the feeling that you where happy running
When I have manic episodes I get violent, think people are chasing me, have hallucinations, see demons, hear voices, try to stab my spouse, jump out of cars and run through 6 lanes of traffic, drive 100hr, show up at random cemeteries at 3am looking for my grandfather, pull a gun on my husband and have no memory of doing any of this…and that’s only a small portion. Far from fun! I’ve been in numerous hospitals, had numerous cops, fire trucks and ambulances at my residence. Every instance happened while medicated.🤷♀️
Kindly have proper and continous psychotherapy along medication.
Sounds more like bpd??
This was something I have needed for confirmation! Thank you and Rob for all of the content you are putting out to shed light on your strength and moxie to live day by day. I will be contributing soon, you both are a God send.
You are a gutsy wonderful person. Thanks for bringing attention to Mental Health
I love you!!
Lauren you're a true gift
You're so open, thank you!
So accurate! Thanks so much and really appreciate your channel!
Helping more people than you could ever know
Yes. That's exactly how i feel. Thank you
Worked with this elderly lady who was what they used to call "manic depressive" and she said when she was manic she would take her clothes off and dance naked in front of her window to see if anyone would honk at her if they drove by. When she went out she didnt like to wear underwear
I have gotten naked when manic and got SA by a male nurse, a cop and my stepdad
Thanks so much for talking about this. Much love ❤❤❤.
Thank you!
Facts!!❤😂
Diagnosed with most labels. Over many years of personal experience I know mania to be energy with no direction. Channel the energy and your mania turns into achievement. Easier said than done.
OMG, I did that once. Run in snow in my under***. I ended up in the restaurant. They knew something was wrong. The police saved my life. I ended up in the psych ward. There was this special intermediary place (not the ER), but it's for the mentally ill people. But yeah, the police saved my life. They even found my coat.
I was in mania like 4 times in my life at the beginning I thought that it was part of my personality I did so many stupid things and I lost too many friends and boyfriends😢😢😢😢
Thank you
Its like Rapunzel felt the world outside for the first time. God bless you
Whenever I feel like this and I’m aware of it it shuts down instantly because throughout my life whenever this random bout of happiness occur it is ALWAYS followed by a suicidal ideation crash.
Thanks for the education
Thanks for sharing
Lord as someone with comorbid adhd and bipolar, i feel this SO MUCH, holy life. When I'm on one, I am main character amd nothing gonna stop me now. Theeeeeen i crash and burn 🔥 😫 and only sleep will satiate my anger 😅
As a bipolar girly I 100 percent attest to this!!! You nailed it!!!!!!! 😮💨
Very good description
This is such an awesome demonstration! Thank you! Please do a part two 😂
Psilocybin containing mushroom saved my life. it drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. it has also helped me to survive depression
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again again but it’s just so hard to source out of there.
I was having this constant, unbearable anxiety because of university stress. Not until I came across dr.chris356, a very intelligent mycologist.He saved my life honestly
@@Elizabeth-yx2tiI'm feeling the same way too. I put too much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety level. I am so glad to be part of this community.
@@Elizabeth-yx2tiwow..you know him too? dr.chris is the best, he's been my go to for anything psychedelics.
Shrooms was the best trip I had. It was an amazing experience.
I didnt know i could be manic i got this alot when i was a child i still get them randomly and usually im a depressed
Such an accurate representation. You're awesome!!
my manias feel more angry and full of pent up energy. I'm inpatient, want my way and feel detached from the things I actually care about.
That’s such a good depiction 💚
Lol ! This is good imformation ! Thankyou ! J
It's so interesting to hear other people's experiences with mania. Mine is high energy, disturbed sleep patterns and creative productivity but also lots of anger, irritability, racing thoughts and paranoid delusions. I think more often than not the irritation, anger and paranoia are the main features for me. (I have bipolar 1)
Love it ❤
True. I'm glad someone can describe it.
My psychosis induced mania made me feel like the happiest person alive, for a fleeting moment at least..
These real life skits are “Brilliant” for fully encapsulating the way life plays out for people with these challenges.
I wish you would do many more!
I 100% agree, support and appreciate the content in this video.
Thank you for your honesty, truth, and courage. ❤
i love your videos and it definitely helps others like myself understand a disease i know nothing about… never judge anyone bc you never know what they are going thru … on the outside you look like an average person but on the inside i bet you don’t most days…. thank you for educating us and helping us understand mental illness cuz as a society we need to do better!!! prayers for you that you are doing well hun!
Thank you for being open about it. It’s very hard for me to explain to people what a manic episode is like.
ACCURATE 👌
Love it
As someone who used drugs while I was on respridon, I will say one mdma pill 300mg while stable. Is about what being manic while bipolar feels like at first, then it doesn’t stop. And builds into something more sinister kinda like a weird combo of dxm-or-Benadryl plus meth-or-coke the longer you stay up. Like I’m not exaggerating as someone who’s tried drugs being off my respridon is like a natural molly.
Thank you so much for this short! I'm a psychology student with an exam on DSM criteria coming up and this really helps memorize! 💕
I relate to this so much.
Wow I’ve passed down mental illness to my girls from my mom, But I do that. Wow. This was so helpful.
Perfect depiction!
Your amazing....
It's really nice to know others understand tbh
Funny, I also want to add the mission from God or the universe to become something great. It can feel as if reality is bending to my will. Lol 😂
So true
You nailed it!
Such an accurate description, I was recently diagnosed with hypomania and bipolar disorder. I'm now learning to try to minimize my impulse spending habits and emotional control. Among many other things but you get the gist.
You are breaking barriers. Talk about creativity and genius
Thank u lady for bit there i thought i was the only wierdest person in the world..u would make a beautiful best fren💖🤗
so good
When i get manic i dont sleep, dont eat and gradually feel less n less of a grip on reality making me my worst version of myself.
Your videos are amazing
So true.
Yesss
as someone with bipolar, but love your channel, thanks for making this. It's a great visual explanation of what I semi-regularly go through
yes! classic example. thank you fir posting this
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge and helping breaking the stigma around mental health ❤
As a person with adhd who have been wrongly diagnosed with bi-polar disorder before I really dont relate that much. Thank you for trying to let us "see" it a bit more from the inside perspective. It seems to be such a tough illness. 😢
Same here. I was wrongly diagnosed with Bipolar when I was a kid, it turned out to be inattentive ADHD (mixing them up a common thing, I've heard). Oh, and my older brother had the reversed situation - he was diagnosed with hyperactive type ADHD, it turned out to be Bipolar Type I.
I’m glad that your channel exist because it make other to understand better
This is legit. My husband is going through the exact same thing. The only hard time is when he expects me to physically fulfill his mission to communicate with the president and market his holy water product that can cure all diseases if you believe in it. And when I cannot fulfill this, his anger gets super scary 😢😢😢 I love him and pray for his recovery
Wow how is he doing now?
@@jaciemokidm2287 he's gotten better now. He didn't know who I was. Now he recognizes me and slowly getting back on track. He still has another year of receiving anti-psychotic injections. I would say he's 80% back. Hardest time is gone now. I remember loving a man who didn't love me and know who I was. That was hard on me....loving someone who didn't love me back. Thank God he's slowly getting back.
Nailed it!