4. You don’t suffer from a sense of superiority – you’re remarkably modest for an emperor of all humanity.
![emperor of all humanity](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/4-BPWU_emperor-of-all-humanity.jpg)
5. You just realized people can drink beer for fun, not because they’re self-medicating.
![drink beer for fun](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/5-BPWU_drink.jpg)
6. Every morning you wake up thinking, “today is going to be a great day. Just not for me.”
![mornings](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/6-BPWU_morning.jpg)
7. Family members have mistaken you for the Incredible Hulk.
![incredible hulk](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/7-BPWU_Incredible-Hulk.jpg)
8. If someone is described to you as “moody” you think to yourself: amateur.
![amateur](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/8-BPWU_Amateur.jpg)
9. You eat fear for breakfast.
![fear for breakfast](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/9-BPWU_fear-for-breakfast.jpg)
10. You don’t know the meaning of “psychosomatic,” because you can’t concentrate on reading a word that long.
![psychosomatic](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/10-BPWU_psychosomatic3.jpg)
11. Your cat would describe you as the aloof and needy one.
![aloof and needy](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/11-BPWU_cat-describe.jpg)
12. Your psychiatrist spends so much time balancing your moods she now has a side job as a professional juggler.
![psychiatrist professional mood juggler](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/12-BPWU_psychiatrist.jpg)
13. You remember when Prozac was cool.
![prozac](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/14-BPWU_Prozac.jpg)
14. When you’re down you watch “America’s Most Wanted” and cry out: “Why does nobody want me?”
![americas most wanted](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/15-BPWU_Americas-Most-Wanted.jpg)
15. Your depressive spells make you forgetful, which is a shame because if you thought about your manic stages it might cheer you up.
![depressive spells](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/16-BPWU_depressive-spells.jpg)
16. You wonder how someone who feels so empty can put on so much weight.
![weight gain](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/17-BPWU_much-weight.jpg)
17. When you’re manic, nothing makes you angrier than someone suggesting you’re irritable.
![irritable](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/18-BPWU_angrier.jpg)
18. Manic episodes give you a heightened sex drive, which makes it unfortunate you can’t maintain any relationships.
![heightened sex drive](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/19-BPWU_relationships.jpg)
19. You can’t sleep at nights, which would be OK if you had more insomniacs for friends.
![insomniac friends](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/20-BPWU_nights.jpg)
20. Your depressed self probably wouldn’t be so depressed if your manic self didn’t make so many commitments for it to keep.
![depressed vs manic self](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/21-BPWU_depressed-and-manic-self2.jpg)
21. If you could cycle as quickly as your moods, you’d be the next Lance Armstrong.
![lance armstrong mood swings](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/22-BPWU_Lance-Armstrong.jpg)
22. You meet the same person at two different parties and have to convince them you’re not your pain-in-the-ass twin brother.
![good vs evil twin](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/23-BPWU_twin2.jpg)
23. Friends say you’re the life and soul of the party, but you avoid parties like the plague.
![parties](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/24-BPWU_parties.jpg)
24. You’ve cried on the pizza delivery guy’s shoulder.
![pizza delivery guy](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/25-BPWU_pizza-delivery.jpg)
25. You’ve been told the warranty on your car does not cover existential crisis.
![existential crisis](../www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/bipolar/would-understand/26-BPWU_existential-crisis.jpg)