Getting out of the house helped my mood. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't. There have been many times I've started panicking over an obsession in public and just had to get home so I could be crazy in private. Being into a lot of activities and going to classes didn't help my dysphoric mania in college, either. So it's hard to know what to do often:-/ I'm more relaxed now and I'm going to read and then finish my painting. I hate putting on my painting clothes. I like things to be one-step, but getting ready for art takes many steps... That is why I haven't been painting more. I have to get back into the habit.