{"id":10515,"date":"2017-09-11T00:41:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T07:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=10515"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:55:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:55:59","slug":"what-does-bipolar-stability-look-like-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/what-does-bipolar-stability-look-like-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Bipolar Stability Look Like for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/see-saw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10516 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/see-saw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/see-saw.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/see-saw-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have a normal or stable Health Card (my treatment system) that reminds me what stability looks, sounds and feels like.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t do this on my own. I am not a reliable source. I need to write my symptoms down to remind myself that bipolar disorder often takes over my life and tells me that what I&#8217;m experiencing is real.<\/p>\n<p>My Stable Health Card looks like this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<ul>\n<li>Able to focus. I can clearly think of what needs to get done and come up with a reasonable plan to execute a simple to do list.<\/li>\n<li>I do not cry during the day for work or relationships reasons.<\/li>\n<li>My mind is clear. I&#8217;m not hearing snippets of songs, conversions or counting.<\/li>\n<li>My brain works in a linear way. I see something, think about it and then come up with a reasonable response to the situations.<\/li>\n<li>I exist in the moment. The past is not terrible and the future is not scary.<\/li>\n<li>Music is just music.<\/li>\n<li>Friends who are busy are just friends who are busy. They are not upset with or nor are they plotting to leave me.<\/li>\n<li>My manager is my manager. She is not upset with me or thinking of leaving our business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could go on and on here. I am SO profoundly different when stable.<\/p>\n<p>Stability is always my goal. When I know my list of stable behaviors, it means I will also know when I am sick!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to see a list of your stable behaviors. If you have the Health Cards, what does your normal or stable card look like?<\/p>\n<h1><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Julie<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/health-cards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9038 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Health-cards-collage-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/health-cards\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/health-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Cards Treatment System for Bipolar Disorder<\/a> explain in detail the system I use daily to stay stable enough to work and maintain relationships. This is an advanced management plan that uses symptom lists to prevent mood swings from taking over a person&#8217;s life. \u00a0Parents and partners love the system as it can be used even if a person is refusing help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/see-saw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10516 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/see-saw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/see-saw.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/see-saw-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have a normal or stable Health Card (my treatment system) that reminds me what stability looks, sounds and feels like.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t do this on my own. I am not a reliable source. I need to write my symptoms down to remind myself that bipolar disorder often takes over my life and tells me that what I&#8217;m experiencing is real.<\/p>\n<p>My Stable Health Card looks like this.<\/p>\n<p> Able to focus. I can clearly think of what needs to get done and come up with a reasonable plan to execute a simple to do list. I do not cry during the day for work or relationships reasons. My mind is clear. I&#8217;m not hearing snippets of songs, conversions or counting. My brain works in a linear way. I see something, think about it and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/what-does-bipolar-stability-look-like-for-you\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/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\/10515"}],"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=10515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10517,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10515\/revisions\/10517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}