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Why bipolar spending sprees feel so meaningful in the moment

I spent four hundred dollars on art supplies yesterday because I was convinced I was going to become a painter and today I can't even get out of bed to look at them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Manic grandiosity creates temporary but compelling alternate identities that dissolve with mood shifts.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Bipolar and mood instability?”

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