Manic Highs vs Manic Lows

High: "At first when I'm high, it's tremendous ... ideas are fast ... like shooting stars you follow until brighter ones appear... All shyness disappears, the right words and gestures are suddenly there ... uninteresting people, things, become intensely interesting. Sensuality is pervasive, the desire to seduce and be seduced is irresistible. Your marrow is infused with unbelievable feelings of ease, power, well-being, omnipotence, euphoria ... you can do anything ...” -unknown

Low: “The fast ideas start coming too fast and there are far too many ... overwhelming confusion replaces clarity ... you stop keeping up with it … memory goes. Infectious humor ceases to amuse. Your friends become frightened ... everything is now against the grain ... you are irritable, angry, frightened, uncontrollable, and trapped.” -unknown

As a Bipolar who either feels Manic highs or lows and is comfortable feeling the middle ground I thought it'd be interesting to show the spectrum a bit.

I was talking to a classmate and he has the extreme high of bipolar where as usually when I am in a mania it's the lower side. It was interesting comparing the differences with him. He said that being on the higher end the way his empathy works is he feels the OPPOSITE of what others feel. At first I thought it would be more comfortable feeling that but then I realized not so much.

As a person who doesn't really feel an even line of emotions without really trying to, my highs and lows are EXTREMES. When I feed on others emotions now it is extreme. If someone is mad, I'm enraged, if someone is sad, I'm extremely depressed. So imagining feeling the extreme opposite of someone would be horrific.

I hope this shows a better understanding of what it's like on the other side of our disorder.