{"id":10720,"date":"2017-11-27T00:07:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T08:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=10720"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:55:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:55:56","slug":"how-to-get-a-grip-when-you-know-youre-manic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/how-to-get-a-grip-when-you-know-youre-manic\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a Grip When You Know You’re Manic"},"content":{"rendered":"

From my Bp Magazine for Bipolar blog:<\/p>\n

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Julie, MANIC. Circa 1990<\/p><\/div>\n

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Learn to stop bipolar mania from wrecking your life by sticking to a mania prevention plan<\/h2>\n
Mania is\u00a0very hard to treat in the moment. \u00a0The treatment window for depression is very high. We tend to be reasonable and are able to see we are sick. Mania, even the mild hypomania some of us have experienced our whole lives can take away our ability to see we are sick in just a few hours. A prevention plan is key. The fist step in managing is accepting that mania is dangerous. I know … what a bummer!<\/div>\n
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Step One: Teach yourself that just because mania feels good, it doesn’t mean it is good.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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I had to teach myself that the incredible feeling of invincibility and sexiness\u2014of the ability to do ANYTHING I wanted\u2014and I do mean anything\u2014was not a positive. I had to teach myself\u2014train myself, to STOP behaviors that felt like a better high than any drug; a better feeling than being drunk; often a better feeling than actual sex. That is hard, but I did it and I got my life back. I am willing to say no to mania even when I’m feeling good.<\/div>\n
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Here is the outcome in my life of giving in to mania:<\/div>\n
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Click here to read the rest of the blog.<\/a> It’s good!<\/div>\n
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From my Bp Magazine for Bipolar blog:<\/p>\n

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Julie, MANIC. Circa 1990<\/p>\n

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Learn to stop bipolar mania from wrecking your life by sticking to a mania prevention plan Mania is very hard to treat in the moment. The treatment window for depression is very high. We tend to be reasonable and are able to see we are sick. Mania, even the mild hypomania some of us have experienced our whole lives can take away our ability to see we are sick in just a few hours. A prevention plan is key. The fist step in managing is accepting that mania is dangerous. I know … what a bummer! Step One: Teach yourself that just because mania feels good, it doesn’t mean it is good. I had to teach myself that the [ 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\/10720"}],"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=10720"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10841,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10720\/revisions\/10841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}