{"id":1422,"date":"2012-07-04T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T23:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:23","slug":"i-just-love-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/i-just-love-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"I just love bipolar disorder……"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is the 4th of July. I had a great time at my brother’s birthday party yesterday- and I am going to a party with my good friends Marsha and Adam in a few hours. And I just felt my mood sweep down and I had this thought:<\/p>\n

I don’t have any friends.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the past, these thoughts plagued me and I didn’t know what to do about them. I have plenty of friends.\u00a0But the thoughts still try to control me! As you probably know either through personal experience or seeing it in a loved one, bipolar causes thoughts that ARE NOT REAL- but they feel real. And if we say them out loud or act on them, they become real- especially to others. So, when I had this ridiculous thought – I said to myself, “Julie, this is a bipolar thought. It’s not true. Get up and do something. It will pass.”<\/p>\n

This little down swing is from holiday stress and the often real feelings that come up around bipolar depression- such as worrying I am not well liked or that my life is pointless.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to live with these thoughts- but with the help of my treatment plan and my meds- they are not as common as they used to be.<\/p>\n

How are you?<\/p>\n

Here I am at my brother’s party: (I’m the one in the glasses)<\/p>\n

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It is the 4th of July. I had a great time at my brother’s birthday party yesterday- and I am going to a party with my good friends Marsha and Adam in a few hours. And I just felt my mood sweep down and I had this thought:<\/p>\n

I don’t have any friends.<\/p>\n

In the past, these thoughts plagued me and I didn’t know what to do about them. I have plenty of friends. But the thoughts still try to control me! As you probably know either through personal experience or seeing it in a loved one, bipolar causes thoughts that ARE NOT REAL- but they feel real. And if we say them out loud or act on them, they become real- especially to others. So, when I had this ridiculous thought – I said to myself, “Julie, this is a bipolar thought. It’s not true. Get up and do something. It will pass.”<\/p>\n

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