{"id":10883,"date":"2017-12-31T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T20:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=10883"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:55:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:55:56","slug":"bipolar-and-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-and-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar and Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10446 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phoenix-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phoenix-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phoenix-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phoenix.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is it like to have chronic bipolar disorder? Imagine having days where you struggle every minute. Not just a few times a day, but all day, minute by minute.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine sitting down to work and crying before you even open your computer and you don&#8217;t know why! Nothing has happened!<\/p>\n<p>Imagine wanting to be in a relationship, but the obsessions you have the minute someone talks to you are so uncomfortable, you are much happier staying single.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Imagine looking in the mirror and seeing your SELF, but knowing that you are not the only person in control. Instead, there is a puppet master called bipolar who will control what you do unless you are unbelievably self aware and abnormally strong.<\/p>\n<p>This is life with chronic bipolar. I live it every day and have lived it every day for most of my adult life.<\/p>\n<p>There is something in me that keeps going. I hope you can find that part of yourself as well. We can be stronger than this illness, but let&#8217;s be honest. For some of us- depending on the type of bipolar we have and what meds and other experiences (epigenetic) have carved out our lives, we truly struggle.<\/p>\n<p>I will not give up. My books can help you find a way to manage this illness. Or, find another program that works. But you can&#8217;t do it alone. Don&#8217;t think you can. It takes a team and it takes a plan.<\/p>\n<p>We can do this!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>Julie<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10446 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phoenix-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phoenix-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phoenix-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/phoenix.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is it like to have chronic bipolar disorder? Imagine having days where you struggle every minute. Not just a few times a day, but all day, minute by minute.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine sitting down to work and crying before you even open your computer and you don&#8217;t know why! Nothing has happened!<\/p>\n<p>Imagine wanting to be in a relationship, but the obsessions you have the minute someone talks to you are so uncomfortable, you are much happier staying single.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine looking in the mirror and seeing your SELF, but knowing that you are not the only person in control. Instead, there is a puppet master called bipolar who will control what you do unless you are unbelievably self aware and abnormally strong.<\/p>\n<p>This is life with chronic bipolar. I live it every day and have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-and-strong\/\">[ 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\/10883"}],"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=10883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10884,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10883\/revisions\/10884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}