I used to think mania was happiness....sad to say. Now not having anxiety and severe depression is happiness for me. My meds have pretty much flattened out all the mania.

seems to me hell is my normal right now. I would give anything in the world to be happy again.

i really have no idea what my "norm" is... i would say mainia's, i think, because i can function, just not properly

Not being stressed. I've had so much stress for the last several years, that a day without stress, is a day of normalcy for me. Even if I am depressed, because the stress is so debillitating.

Normal is being able to smile and step out into the pouring rain and take a walk without someone suggesting you change your meds.
Normal is being alowed to make morbid jokes without your family putting you on suicide watch.
Normal is having a safe full of jewelry and important documents, not knives.
Normal is going to the hospital for a broken arm, not a broken heart.
And most of all, normal is being able to handle daily life without falling into another breakdown.

i agree with searching. that would be about the best i could hope for.

normal is a setting on the washing machine. I am looking for what is optimal for me given my assets and limitations.

were the normal ones! everyone else is a psycho! didnt you know that?

Blueeyed that is a good one.

The normal ones are not me!

being able to stay focused and motivated enough to carry out a few simple routines and get a few things accomplished each day. being able to look back on the day day and say "i did well". 90% of the time on all this, probably!!

I don't have a normal right now. It fluctuates (sp?)too often.

I don't think I have a normal. Actually I don't believe in normal - don't think it exists, but my comfort level is being less stressed and happier since being diagnosed.