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Recent Examples of hypomania
Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships.
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New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.
—Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
He was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to Mayo Clinic.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
These depressive symptoms may dominate for years before symptoms of hypomania develop.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 Nov. 2024
Episodes of depression and mania or hypomania (less intense than mania) can cycle with unpredictable timing.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypomania
Noun
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Brown had 14 prior arrests and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, his mother told the Charlotte Observer.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Brown is diagnosed with schizophrenia, his mother said.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is mass political psychosis.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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And Cherry doesn’t need much to encourage her dormant psychosis.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Brown had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and suffered hallucinations and paranoia, his sister Tracey Brown said.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Gnawing paranoia inevitably awakens Pynchon’s characters to the matrix of control enveloping their lives.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Labubu mania has reached the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Wang Ning, founder of toy maker Pop Mart International Group, has become richer than Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma thanks to the global mania for the company’s Labubu dolls.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Seeing no future in fast food, Siemiatkowski took jobs as a dementia caretaker, school teacher, and eventually an internet subscription telemarketer.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vision may be impacted and the sufferer will demonstrate symptoms of dementia before, ultimately, losing the ability to perform basic functions like eating, swallowing and breathing.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Americans are particularly susceptible to these neuroses.—
Franklin Schneider,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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The movie is a wry look at the petty foibles of life, the fears and neuroses that can impede a person’s path to fulfillment and enlightenment.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Hypomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypomania. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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