The existential pendulum swings both ways. Some people are blessed or cursed in this manner depending on how you look at it.
What do I think is the essence of this conundrum? I believe that it has to do with an ability or lack thereof to bring a low level inflammation down in the brain.
Why, then, does the braincells of certain individuals ‘catch fire’ in the first place? At least I always start losing sleep when I’m entering a manic episode.
As far as I know, sleep is the most important remedy for mania.
I can either medicate myself to sleep or soothe my nerves in other ways.
With a balance of intensity what’s left is the extraordinary psychic scope and a rich spectrum of emotions.
“Do you have any hallucinations?”
“At 4am I was meditating, listening to the hum of a refrigerator and the muffled voices from outside. I started hearing ambient music all of a sudden and I’m pretty sure it couldn’t come from anywhere other than my mind.”
Eemu Julius 