I've observed the effects in a friend of mine. Yes, mania juices your brain with insane creativity. You're bursting with ideas. Some of them are good.
Some of them are dumb. Some of them are pointless. And you can't tell the difference -- you want all of them.
No. Not when you wake up at 3am and your mind keeps you awake the rest of the night. Sometimes you just want to shut it up.
It is important not to glorify mania though. Psychology books cant quite explain it correctly, I can't even explain it to my friends. It is like explaining color to someone who has been blind all along. Or perhaps closer to explaining what it is like to be blind all your life to someone who can see.
i wonder how many other geeks are manic-depressive and dont realize it. My situation was obvious because computers came after realization, but what about the manic geek who sublimates all of his feelings into code, and is only viewed by others as "focused, energetic, obsessed". Is this safe behavior? Ive been doing it for at least 3 years now, and it has kept me relatively sane. Will i just lose it one day and "pop"?
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Manic phases don't make you brilliant.
They make you think you're brilliant.
I couldn't have worded that any better.
I've observed the effects in a friend of mine. Yes, mania juices your brain with insane creativity. You're bursting with ideas. Some of them are good.
Some of them are dumb. Some of them are pointless. And you can't tell the difference -- you want all of them.
No. Not when you wake up at 3am and your
mind keeps you awake the rest of the night. Sometimes you just want to shut it up.
It is important not to glorify mania though. Psychology books cant quite explain it correctly, I can't even explain
it to my friends. It is like explaining
color to someone who has been blind all along. Or perhaps closer to explaining
what it is like to be blind all your life
to someone who can see.
i wonder how many other geeks are manic-depressive
and dont realize it. My situation was obvious
because computers came after realization,
but what about the manic geek who sublimates
all of his feelings into code, and is only
viewed by others as "focused, energetic, obsessed". Is this safe behavior? Ive been doing
it for at least 3 years now, and it has kept me
relatively sane. Will i just lose it one day
and "pop"?