{"id":12580,"date":"2018-11-06T18:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T02:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=12580"},"modified":"2018-11-06T18:01:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T02:01:35","slug":"bipolar-disorder-is-not-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-is-not-pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder is Not Pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is what a <\/span>#bipolar<\/span><\/span> looks like. This is what illness looks like. I am not like this when stable. I couldn’t make these faces naturally if I tried. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Panic attack <\/span>#anxiety<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>#dysphoric<\/span><\/span> #mania<\/span><\/span>, <\/span>#euphoric<\/span><\/span> mania and extreme <\/span>#depression<\/span><\/span>. It’s not pretty. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When I am sick with bipolar, I must stop everything to end the bipolar before I make ANY decisions. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I must stop the bipolar before I get upset by what someone says or does. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I must stop the bipolar before I spend money, change my job, leave a new relationship, start a new relationship or make any big life decisions. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If you want to get better, treat bipolar first. If you don’t treat bipolar first, the decisions you make when you are this sick can ruin your life in an instant and you will struggle what you once had back. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder<\/a> first and then move to the Health Cards. If you are a partner, read Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder<\/a> and then Take Charge. You can also join me on <\/span>The Stable Bed<\/span><\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If you are a family member, start with Take Charge and move to the Health Cards<\/a>. Read Loving for more plans. Join me on <\/span>The Stable Table<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read Get it Done When You’re Depressed<\/a> and get yourself or a loved one out of the house and back into the world.<\/div>\n
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I am sick almost every day and I have a strong management plan. Without my plan, I would not be here. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Let’s manage this illness together. \u00a0Many of my books are in the library and are available used on Amazon.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Julie <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\" \"\"\"\" This is what a #bipolar looks like. This is what illness looks like. I am not like this when stable. I couldn’t make these faces naturally if I tried. Panic attack #anxiety, #dysphoric #mania, #euphoric mania and extreme #depression. It’s not pretty. When I am sick with bipolar, I must stop everything to end the bipolar before I make ANY [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[387],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12580"}],"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=12580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12585,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12580\/revisions\/12585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}