Mania as a Super-Task Attempted in the Brain

- **Mania**: A state of heightened energy, creativity, and impulsivity, often associated with mental overload.

- **Panatomatism Interpretation**:

- Mania represents the brain attempting a **supertask**—handling an infinite or impossible number of cognitive tasks in finite time.

- The heightened discord within neural systems overwhelms consensus-building, leading to erratic autonomy that bypasses the usual harmony of mental regulation.

- Effective treatment, such as mindfulness or medication, reintroduces harmony by reestablishing sustainable consensus among neural activities.