I miss being manic. I’ve only been manic once for a few months. About 11 years ago. I felt like a god damn super hero. I was so quick at responding to things, I was so fearless at saying whatever I wanted, and I had so much energy and I lost lots of weight.
Most of the time it takes me so long to get around to doing anything and I sleep so much.
There were definitely downsides too like impaired judgements and being more unstable. But sometimes I wish I could feel it again.
I don’t get euphoric when I’m manic, I experience what’s called dysphoria, which means I get hella irritable, hypersensitive, and very hostile. I hate it. I’ve never experienced the euphoric type of mania.