{"id":10445,"date":"2017-08-25T12:29:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T19:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=10445"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:00","slug":"bipolar-feel-better-now-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-feel-better-now-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar? Feel Better Now. Here’s How:"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. Nothing is as bad as bipolar tells you.<\/p>\n

2. Nothing is as hopeless as bipolar disorder tells you.<\/p>\n

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3. Nothing is as impossible as bipolar tells you.<\/p>\n

When I am in a mood swing that is telling me all of the above- You’re in a hole Julie. You can’t get out, Julie. Nothing is going to work, Julie.<\/em><\/p>\n

I consider the source.<\/p>\n

Bipolar disorder thinking is not a reliable source.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I remind myself:<\/p>\n

1. I am going to be fine. I always am. Mood swings are terrible things, but my life is not terrible. It never has been and it never will be. Life is simply life. I do not judge my life by my mood swings. Bipolar is an illness. It is not me.<\/p>\n

2. I am a hopeful person when well. If I am hopeless about life in general, it is always bipolar disorder talking. If I can remember this, I will simply get on with my day and the mood swing will end.<\/p>\n

3. Everything is possible if I stick to what I know I can do. It may be hard. It may take longer than I want and it may be very, very painful during the process, but all is possible.<\/p>\n

Bipolar is a liar. It is not a reliable source. What is bipolar disorder telling you today that you need to push to the side?<\/p>\n

What can you say out loud to remind yourself that life is life? It is not horrible or perfect. It is in the middle.<\/p>\n

Bipolar paints the wrong picture.<\/p>\n

I choose the middle path. I choose stability. I do not listen to bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

Join me.<\/p>\n

Julie<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Nothing is as bad as bipolar tells you.<\/p>\n

2. Nothing is as hopeless as bipolar disorder tells you.<\/p>\n

3. Nothing is as impossible as bipolar tells you.<\/p>\n

When I am in a mood swing that is telling me all of the above- You’re in a hole Julie. You can’t get out, Julie. Nothing is going to work, Julie.<\/p>\n

I consider the source.<\/p>\n

Bipolar disorder thinking is not a reliable source.<\/p>\n

I remind myself:<\/p>\n

1. I am going to be fine. I always am. Mood swings are terrible things, but my life is not terrible. It never has been and it never will be. Life is simply life. I do not judge my life by my mood swings. Bipolar is an illness. It is not me.<\/p>\n

2. I am a hopeful person when well. [ 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\/10445"}],"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=10445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10447,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445\/revisions\/10447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}