The Daily Novel

They have grandiose ideas and frequently lots of them at the same time when in manic mood. ‘Grandiose’ is the psychiartrists’ word for this characteristic. I would prefer something less negative in connotation. But I cannot think of a better word that would mean something in a headline.

‘Big ideas’ is a more satisfactory description. But it needs a little explaining to mean something. The ideas may not be totally new. But they are usually quite ambitious. And they require a long period of work in order to bring them to reality. Obviously some ideas which emerge in manic flow are unrealistic. And to anyone, listening to a manic producing a stream of ideas, the totality may well seem totally unrealistic.

This is not at all surprising because the manic mood produces such a huge surge of energy it produces over-optimism. All of the ideas will not be put into effect when the energy surge ends.

Commonly the manic mood emerges after a longish period of depression. And some of the ideas that emerge have been rumbling around in the lower reaches of the mind while the manic has been submerged in gloom and introspection.

This blog is an example of a grandiose idea. It covers a much greater range of subjects than most blogs. Which has its disadvatages. So that those readers who are primarily interested in journalism may be annoyed to find on this site today another stream of rants about manic depression.

But tomorrow may well be different.