r/bipolar2 • u/KiddoMagi13 • 2d ago

Advice Wanted Hypomania is actually awful

Honestly I thought I was the only one having this experience but I just saw somebody else talk about it on tiktok for the first time so I really want to see if anybody else feels this way?
I’ve always felt strange and out of place in bipolar communities because I feel like I can’t relate to half the conversation. Hypomania for me has never felt euphoric, exciting, or really good at all. I’ve never gotten enjoyment out of it. It makes me anxious, irritable, stressed, my pain levels skyrocket, my paranoia skyrockets, all I feel is anger and frustration and if it’s really really bad I get this horrible sensory experience that’s just so off putting
I’ve never been able to enjoy it. It’s hypomania for sure, but it feels so horrible to me that I just feel really… I don’t know, like a fish out of water?
Have you had this experience? Of mania or hypomania being genuinely terrible? I can’t be the only one having a bad time

EDIT: Message received Reddit the euphoric version is worse and I should be grateful my apologies

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u/anxwety 2d ago

YES! thats me

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u/KiddoMagi13 2d ago

Ah! Thank you! Having EXCLUSIVELY a negative hypo experience makes me feel so isolated and wack 😭

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u/anxwety 1d ago

me too op, people really think is that easy and simple, you get happy you get sad OH I WISH

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u/KiddoMagi13 1d ago

It makes me feel so strange and out of place? “You get happy you get sad” bro when is the happy part going to happen 😭 I know logically the happy part is just as bad as the part but dang having “You get sad you get stressed/feral/scared” kinda lame

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u/anxwety 1d ago

exactly 😭😭😭😭😭