{"id":10093,"date":"2017-01-21T17:56:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T01:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=10093"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:03","slug":"i-treat-bipolar-first-keep-calm-and-turn-it-all-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/i-treat-bipolar-first-keep-calm-and-turn-it-all-off\/","title":{"rendered":"I Treat Bipolar First: Keep Calm and Turn it All Off"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If the marching and events that happened in the United States today and around the world are too stressful for your bipolar disorder to the point they can affect your sleep, it is ok to turn of the computer- turn off the social media- turn of the Facebook and Twitter and TV and…<\/span><\/div>\n
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– read a mystery novel. <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– go to a movie. <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– talk with a friend.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– take a nice bath.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– play with an animal. <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– if you are lucky enough to have this option, put some loving hanky panky in your life. <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I treat bipolar disorder first. If I read what is on Facebook right now, I will get upset. It’s ok that I don’t march. I love it that others can do it for me. It’s ok that I’m not political online, my friends and family know my beliefs. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My concern is the mental health of those of us who have an illness that is triggered by stress. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I take care of myself first. Good night social media. I will see you tomorrow. And I will be stable. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Join me? <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PS: All it takes is turing off the device and moving on to something more conducive to stability.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/a> If the marching and events that happened in the United States today and around the world are too stressful for your bipolar disorder to the point they can affect your sleep, it is ok to turn of the computer- turn off the social media- turn of the Facebook and Twitter and TV and… – read a mystery novel. – go to a movie. – talk with a friend. – take a nice bath. – play with an animal. – if you are lucky enough to have this option, put some loving hanky panky in your life. I treat bipolar disorder first. If I read what is on Facebook right now, I will get upset. It’s ok that I don’t march. I love it that others can do it for me. It’s ok [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11097,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10093\/revisions\/11097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}