Posted by Greg on October 10, 2000, at 17:17:39
In reply to someting i don't understand..., posted by Sigolene on October 10, 2000, at 14:28:42
Manic for me is an unreal sense of well-being, delusions of grandeur. It's a good feeling, sometimes. But it also makes me feel out of control, I get into situations I can't handle. I have spending sprees where I spend tons of money on things I just don't need. I recently bought a surround sound system while in a manic state. Then I decided that my TV (only 2 years old) wasn't good enough for the mew system, so I bought a new TV. Then the VCR wasn't good enough for the TV so I bought one of those. I of course had to have a DVD player as well. Bottom line? I spent $1900 in a five hour period on things I simply didn't need because I was out of control. Some mania can make you feel real good, but it goes away and you're left with the damage done, and usually pretty depressed about it....
Hope this helps.
Greg
> When i learned about "manic" people at university, they said that it's a state in which people feel very exited in the positive sens, they feel great, important, intelligent... So i don't understand why this state make people suffer, and why we have to stop it with lithium or other med ? How can it be an illness to be "too happy" ?
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