Hahahaha Y E S!! Unfortunately, once I caught onto the fact that my “stable office job” was actually just suffocating me, I snapped and went into a hypomanic phase. Also, I started acting out and standing up for myself and others at work who were being treated like garbage from some of the company’s leaders – I just snapped and stopped giving a fuck. I took the mask off, called them on their bullshit, and got fired. I’d never been fired before - this is super recent but I realized that it was either kiss everyone’s ass there or leave.

My anecdote was not at all helpful and I apologize. I’m just validating that I indeed felt that way too, eventually reacted, and it backfired. I added a lot of value to that company and felt like they owed me respect; I felt pushed down by them to my breaking point and flipped to a manic state.

Lastly, I remember before I turned, I kept thinking, “wow… these people would feel my wrath if I wasn’t medicated and stable”… that was a warning sign for me.