{"id":1483,"date":"2010-08-03T18:37:30","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T18:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:00:13","slug":"work-your-way-out-of-depression-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/work-your-way-out-of-depression-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Work your way out of depression….."},"content":{"rendered":"

Darn it – I really do have quite a great week in terms of work – I am speaking to psych residents today and am teaching at a writing conference on Friday. And I just went into a pretty strong downswing.\u00a0 I promised myself I would not use the word UNFAIR to describe what we go through- so I have to come up with other words:<\/p>\n

Unfortunate- too bad, sad, bummer, rotten, awful, @#$@%<\/p>\n

Haha. I can keep going when I’m down- I have my plan. Get it Done When You’re Depressed is sitting right here on my desk: I am going to open it randomly and then promise myself I will do what it says”<\/p>\n

#34\u00a0 Educated Your Friends and Family About Depression.<\/p>\n

Heck yea! I am doing that. I know there will be a downswing on Sunday after the conference, so I’m already asking for help from family and friends- I must have something planned to help me deal with the inevitable. They know me well and understand that I am WEIRD. (But only in a bipolar way.)<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n

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I love this book so much. Even if I hadn't written it, I would love it. These books are gifts from the well self to the ill self. Even for the writer! <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Darn it – I really do have quite a great week in terms of work – I am speaking to psych residents today and am teaching at a writing conference on Friday. And I just went into a pretty strong downswing. I promised myself I would not use the word UNFAIR to describe what we go through- so I have to come up with other words:<\/p>\n

Unfortunate- too bad, sad, bummer, rotten, awful, @#$@%<\/p>\n

Haha. I can keep going when I’m down- I have my plan. Get it Done When You’re Depressed is sitting right here on my desk: I am going to open it randomly and then promise myself I will do what it says”<\/p>\n

#34 Educated Your Friends and Family About Depression.<\/p>\n

Heck yea! I am doing that. I know there will be a downswing on Sunday after the conference, so I’m already asking for help from family and friends- I must have [ 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\/1483"}],"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=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11855,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions\/11855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}