Mania in Bipolar - Doctor REACTS to Footage from the 80s

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Fellow Bipolar here, I'm totally on team "this guy is acting". but to his credit, he IS doing it very well. The line "When I get fast, the world gets slow" really hit me though. 100% true

As someone with severe bipolar, I have to be honest, the start of mania feels pretty awesome. If you think about it, this makes sense...whats happening in our brains is very similar to being on amphetamines. Add to it that you're coming out of a depression, and you just feel great. After a week or so of barely sleeping, you start to become obsessed on little things, like a repeating record. Then, you start making crazy decisions, start becoming erratic, and then you become irritable. After this, things start going off the rails quick if you don't get it under control.

You can tell it's the 80s as he's smoking in the psychiatrists room.

2:00 taking you jacket off like that while still holding a cigarette! That's skill!!

I have to admit though, this guy is pretty fun to watch

Just letting you know, this guy is an actor. My understanding is that they had actors read transcripts from real patients and recite them verbatim. So the dialog is real, but is being acted for patient privacy. However, some of the videos on Pika's channel do show the real patients.

I dated a guy who has bipolar and I ended up learning a lot about it throughout the relationship, mostly just my own research to be able to better support and understand him, and a little bit from what he would tell me about it from time to time but he didn't talk about it a ton because he was embarrassed about it which I felt pretty bad about but I never tried to force him to talk about it. I have my own issues when it comes to mental health but nothing quite so severe and I really feel for those who suffer from bipolar, don't be ashamed or embarrassed about it, you are wonderful people.

These colored "sessions", from the 80's are all actors, but the older black and whites are real! (I've seen EVERY "pika grape snack" session, student debates, ect.., check em out)

It is a good representation of mania but breaking the necklace off is a bit much, when he did that, that's when I knew for sure he was acting.

Reminds me exactly of my family member with bipolar disorder. He went to jail last week for drug dealing after a long manic/psychotic episode where he believed he was a prophet of god and was invincible. He was extremely reckless and violent. It’s very hard to watch, I wish he would have kept with his treatments before his life was ruined.

I don’t know why people are saying he is acting, I showed the video to my mother and she told me I behaved the same way while I was manic

Wow. I had no idea what mania was. I thought it would be really great, allowing you to get things done, experience life in bright color, have tons of energy...this is scary. 😳😬😳

Absolutely this is an actor. I am a MH nurse and there is no way a manic person in this state would have stayed sat talking for so long. It feels too stereotypical, getting all the symptoms in there. His acting of flight of ideas is spot on though.. The person playing the part of the therapist is not doing a good job. They are not building rapport and you certainly would be setting boundaries once the clothes start coming off!

Never been bipolar, nor either half of that. But a dozen years ago I made a new friend who was bipolar. What struck me was how terribly exhausting it must be. He'd lived with it for years, and it finally became too much,. Swallowed 200 aspirin and a bottle of Tequila. Such a bright guy, three beautiful children, an ex-wife who understood that he was a good guy. So sad.

Any chance you could do without the music? It's pretty distracting trying to pay attention to you and the other video while it's going. Great videos!

Yes!! Finally a good reaction video to this! I love Pika Grape's channel and this was one of my favourite psychiatric interviews of all time..thank you so much for providing us with a detailed analysis on his behavior. Your channel is criminally underrated!

just discovered your channel today and watched a bunch videos about depression etc. and they were really good. I'm after 2 years of therapy because of depression and panic attacks, now i'm trying to learn/research about mental health, how things work in actual world, certain schemes in relationships between people and how we can affect people with problems etc. so i would love to see a video about books that you have read, maybe which books you would have recommed for people that want to improve their quality of life or books that explain certain topics of psychology really well

Man I really enjoyed your video, keep it up

Reminds me of when I was younger and hadn’t learned to speak coherently with my adhd yet.