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People with bipolar disorder who have psychotic symptoms may be wrongly diagnosed as having schizophrenia. Mania. To be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a person must have experienced mania or hypomania. Hypomania is a milder form of mania that doesn't include psychotic episodes.People with hypomania can often function normally in social situations or at work. Most people diagnosed with bipolar I will have episodes of both mania and depression, though an episode of depression is not necessary for a diagnosis. 2  To be diagnosed with bipolar I, a personâs manic or mixed episodes must last at least seven days or be so severe that he requires hospitalization.
When you hypnotize someone, you draw him into a mental state that is receptive to suggestion. If you are looking to break a bad habit like cigarette smoking, ask someone to hypnotize you. To hypnotize is to induce a calm, focused state in one's self or in another person. The state is called hypnosis, and a person who can do this for someone else is a hypnotist. The word hypnotize comes from the Greek hypnotikos, inclined to sleep or putting to sleep, and popular ideas of hypnosis reflect a kind of half-asleep state.