I self harm less when I'm manic, but I still do. I'm not sure why, maybe to try and bring myself down. Also, my manias tend to get very agitated and frightening pretty quickly, and things get really warped, so I self harm more because of that. When I had my last serious manic episode I remember my dad finding me on several occasions in the kitchen playing around with knives. I wasn't sad, I just was kind of fascinated. Hope your manic phase is over soon.
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