I experienced my first full blown manic episode. Originally they hired me to be a salesman but they put me in charge of logistics and cold calling people to bring in sales. I don’t have the personality for sales. I actually found leads that led to a couple sales. It was a small company. They’d have team meetings and call on me out of nowhere and have me present my plan putting me on the spot which they knew I didn’t like. I wasn’t even a salesman and they still wanted me to be on the spot to make me uncomfortable. Cold calling for hours each day. A coworker catfished me on a dating app I was on and I got really uncomfortable. My stress went through the roof. The head of HR was her friend that got her hired originally so I couldn’t go to HR. I came into work and they could tell I was stressed. Wasn’t angry or agitated but I started experiencing paranoia because of my coworker catfishing me. Basically all of this created a huge shit heap of stress. Lost almost all my friends also so I got stressed out by that it and it created the worst manic episode with psychotic features I’ve ever experienced. It’s been years since this happened and I still feel like I’m recovering from it. I wish I could tell my mangers the truth so I wouldn’t have to hide it but I’m way too afraid of being quietly fired again. They’re all really nice people but they won’t want me if they ever found out. I’ve been stable for years. When I applied at my current company I didn’t know I’d experience mania again in my future because I was on medication. If I checked the box that said I was bipolar, I would not be in the job I have now.