Bipolar Spending
I am bipolar and I have gone through spending sprees. Most of mine have actually been when I am in a mixed state. I get depressed and have to purchase something to make myself feel better (which actually makes me worse because I spend too much). I will go out and buy several of the same things. For instance my latest was a bunch of guitars (1 Dean, 1 Dano and 2 Taylors). It totalled about $4,000. In my normal thought pattern, I would know better but when I get depressed I get in a fog and get tunnel vision and fixated on something and I think about it until I impulsively buy it. I have had purchases while manic and I just seem to feel care free about money. It normally leads to a bad place financially though.
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