At the same time emergency treatment was necessary, there is also a complex system of fear responses that operate in the practice of psychiatry, in which visible signs of mania, even if harmless, stir up fears in psychiatrists and a momentum builds to get you in a hospital. This momentum is not up to you and you are already having a stressful time with the mania. What this means is that individuals who are anxiety-prone, like psychiatrists, effectively put you on edge almost all of the time and you are constantly trying to convince them that you can handle yourself because so many people in that situation don't know what's good for them under those states of mind.
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