Living With Bipolar II Disorder: What Is Hypomania; How Does It Feel?

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) reports that an estimated 4.4% in the U.S. experience bipolar disorder sometime in their lives. You may know bipolar disorder for its extreme highs (manic episodes) and extreme lows (depressive episodes). But the condition does not always manifest in this way. There is something known as bipolar II disorder, which is characterized by recurring hypomanic and depressive episodes. In this article, let us learn what hypomania in bipolar disorder looks like.