I offer a new perspective on simplicity and explain how learning about this illness is easier than you might think—calling someone “bipolar” is often used as a joke. The concern is not that calling a person “bipolar” is an insult to people who are bipolar. It is that people inaccurately use the term. I’m bipolar, and others like me have a different brain than most. It’s a medical disease of a chemical unbalance in the brain that can’t regulate emotions and energy levels, causing symptoms that make us act and behave erratically. It’s just because our brain is like a damaged, broken thermostat. Like the AC and Heater run nonstop, you probably can’t sleep. The chemical unbalance in my brain keeps me running nonstop and unable to sleep, too—thermostat short-cycling. My brain is rapid-cycling. I know the thermostat can be repaired and replaced. My brain cannot be returned. Another example, my brain is like a pool of algae; the water is green from not maintaining the correct PH level. My brain and the collection both require a healthy balance of the proper chemical levels is so important. Just like having a safe pool and a stable brain needs it. KNOWING WHAT BIPOLAR DISORDER IS — Mania Episode Signs and Symptoms are Increased energy from excess adrenaline causes increased involvement in goal-directed activities. The euphoric mood will not take medication. I am racing thoughts and oversharing nonstop texting. Starting projects, I am confident, will change the world. Lack of concern and very oblivious to everything. Talk, read, and write extremely fast. No sleep for 1-3 days or longer. Heightened sense of self-importance. Spending sprees. Being my doctor to find a cure for illness. Loss of appetite, unintended weight loss. Denial that anything is wrong. Psychotic: hallucination and delusional. Loss of all contact with reality. Run up and down the street in the middle of the night. My brain gets activated when I don’t sleep, giving me the superpower to challenge myself on how much I can write down everything I hear from all the voices in my head. I was so high on mania trying to counteract it simultaneously, and I needed to find a release that I wrote 170 pages before sunrise. Perhaps, this is my relief. I can’t be Manic. Then I choose to become an Author. Depressive Episode Signs and Symptoms are sad, anxious, or empty-feeling mood.
Feelings of hopelessness and pessimism. Feelings of guilt and worthlessness. Loss of interest or pleasure in activities. Lack of energy, fatigue. Difficulty concentrating. Brain racing and looping. I cannot make a decision; it never feels right. Restlessness and irritability. Sleeping too much for 1-3 days. Binge eating, unintended weight gain. Psychotic, paranoid thoughts. Unable to function doing daily tasks. Isolate from everyone. Neediness, anxiety, distorted beliefs. Feeling easily overwhelmed, Oversensitivity. I was overanalyzing everything. I’m afraid to look into the mirror because I see a deformed face, and I pick my skin, causing red scars. I can’t write, read, or talk. I get very embarrassed when I send out mass texts. I’m bedridden afraid to leave my room. I can’t differentiate all the voices in my head. Thoughts of death or suicide constantly