If you’ve met someone who’s in the middle of a manic episode, it’s pretty clear that “energy” is just a surface level description of what’s happening to them. These people find meaning and value in everything around them, and appear to be energetic because that’s exciting to them but also because they need to work at a rapid speed in order to communicate all the things they see. They also have a habit of transitioning rapidly from one idea to another even when these ideas don’t seem connected.
This is why depression, a lack of meaning, is described as the other side of the coin of mania: because mania is an overload of meaning.
This is also not a good definition of schizophrenia at all. Schizophrenics are people who, in extreme cases, can experience full-blown hallucinations. Meaning and connections don’t create literal hallucinations.
This is why depression, a lack of meaning, is described as the other side of the coin of mania: because mania is an overload of meaning.
This is also not a good definition of schizophrenia at all. Schizophrenics are people who, in extreme cases, can experience full-blown hallucinations. Meaning and connections don’t create literal hallucinations.