Form: Hypomanic Personality Scale, HPS

I consider myself to be pretty much an average kind of person.

It would make me nervous to play the clown in front of other people.

I am frequently so “hyper” that my friends kiddingly ask me what drug I'm taking.

I think I would make a good nightclub comedian.

Sometimes ideas and insights come to me so fast that I cannot express them all.

When with groups of people, I usually prefer to let someone else be the center of attention.

In unfamiliar surroundings, I am often so assertive and sociable that I surprise myself.

There are often times when I am so restless that it is impossible for me to sit still.

Many people consider me to be amusing but kind of eccentric.

When I feel an emotion, I usually feel it with extreme intensity.

I am frequently in such high spirits that I can't concentrate on any one thing for too long.

I sometimes have felt that nothing can happen to me until I do what I am meant to do in life.

People often come to me when they need a clever idea.

I am no more self-aware than the majority of people.

I often feel excited and happy for no apparent reason.

I can't imagine that anyone would ever write a book about my life.

I am usually in an average sort of mood, not too high and not too low.

I often have moods where I feel so energetic and optimistic that I feel I could outperform almost anyone at anything.

I have such a wide range of interests that I often don't know what to do next.

There have often been times when I had such an excess of energy that I felt little need to sleep at night.

My moods do not seem to fluctuate any more than most people's do.

I very frequently get into moods where I wish I could be everywhere and do everything at once.

I expect that someday I will succeed in several different professions.

When I feel very excited and happy, I almost always know the reason why.

When I go to a gathering where I don't know anyone, it usually takes me a while to feel comfortable.

I think I would make a good actor, because I can play many roles convincingly.

I like to have others think of me as a normal kind of person.

I frequently write down the thoughts and insights that come to me when I am thinking especially creatively.

I have often persuaded groups of friends to do something really adventurous or crazy.

I would really enjoy being a politician and hitting the campaign trail.

I can usually slow myself down when I want to.

I am considered to be kind of a “hyper” person.

I often get so happy and energetic that I am almost giddy.

There are so many fields I could succeed in that it seems a shame to have to pick one.

I often get into moods where I feel like many of the rules of life don't apply to me.

I find it easy to get others to become sexually interested in me.

I seem to be a person whose mood goes up and down easily.

I frequently find that my thoughts are racing.

I am so good at controlling others that it sometimes scares me.

At social gatherings, I am usually the “life of the party.”

I do most of my best work during brief periods of intense inspiration.

I seem to have an uncommon ability to persuade and inspire others.

I have often been so excited about an involving project that I didn't care about eating or sleeping.

I frequently get into moods where I feel very speeded-up and irritable.

I have often felt happy and irritable at the same time.

I often get into excited moods where it's almost impossible for me to stop talking.

I would rather be an ordinary success in life than a spectacular failure.

A hundred years after I'm dead, my achievements will probably have been forgotten.