The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Sci Guys Podcast #71 

I mostly agree. Perhaps saying you’re “so depressed” is understandable even if it’s not clinical, similarly to saying you’re anxious without having an anxiety disorder. But, as someone with diagnosed ocd, it irks me when people say they’re “so ocd” for being organized. Same goes for people saying they’re “so add” for getting distracted easily. The difference could be that one is naming pretty common symptoms of life, while the other is using diagnosable mental disorders as descriptors for people that do not have them. Hope this makes sense :)

@@leviathan6626 yeah fair enough

The other thing, which gets brought up a lot in ScI Guys episodes on disorders and mental illnesses, is that clinical conditions and disorders may have symptoms that many (or even most) people have experienced in their lives. Where it becomes a disorder or condition is when the symptoms and their severity/frequency impact a person's ability to live their life. So if someone says they feel depressed about something that made them sad, that can be an accurate description of how they feel. Whether or not they have clinical depression depends on the impact of those symptoms on their life.

the mania dreams hit so different, fully living a whole life through dreams and its so hard to describe to people without bd

I have BD1, 6 weeks ago I when to watch Dr Strange on IMAX, didn’t know that I was under a manic episode (first one ever with full blown mania) and I was so hyper focused on the scenes that the screen twisted like Inception movie, the screen stood still in my eyes and the whole theater move like a fair ride for several seconds. I was euphoric and so high on mania, that pretty much watch the movie on 5D, feeling colors, experiencing the whole multiverse so deep that it was like having your soul and consciousness imbedded in the movie itself sorta like Virtual Reality without the goggles. IT WAS AWESOME!!! The serenity that I felt after the movie was over, changed my mindset about life, people and everything around for the better. I am a completely new person, with life saving trio; Psychiatrist, Medication and Psychologist therapy. I’m finally out of darkness and can see the a bright future is possible. Love You All ✌🏼

I like it, though!!

Mixed episodes are the destructive depressive thoughts that you get in a depressive swing but with all of the energy to carry them out. Very dangerous. It's really interesting stuff to think about.

@@SirSoup44 or, alternatively, it can be having all the inner energy to torture yourself with your own thought loops, all the desire to go take on the world, being flooded with dreams and ideas and then feeling like there’s cinder blocks tied to your limbs and you can’t do anything about all those spiraling thoughts

@@saggguy7 100%

Yes! Catching it early is key because it is a progressive disorder. Highly encourage you to talk to a doctor or psychiatrist even if you only think it could be a possibility!

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Bethan Cole Thanks for explaining the difference! I was a little confused when I heard it too

Can you guys redo an episode on bipolar? If the possibility comes up

It's honestly really disappointing as a person with bipolar disorder, that this is the episode that was dedicated to us.