{"id":1495,"date":"2010-08-12T16:40:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T16:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:00:12","slug":"my-brother-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/my-brother-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"My brother Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My brother Ed- it's an interesting relationship.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes you have to walk away from a family member\u00a0and create a new relationship that works for you – in terms of bipolar disorder.\u00a0 I love my brother- just as you probably love your family members even when they drive you bonkers. But, and this is a big one- you can’t always have the kind of relationship you want and need with someone just because they are a part of your family.<\/p>\n

I know what I want from my brother- and after a lifetime of being together, you think I would know what he can and wants to give. I have to change and I’m trying.\u00a0 He is who he is.\u00a0 I found a journal from 1994 the other night and opened to a page randomly. And believe it or not, I found a paragraph with the 100% exact wording I had just used in my 2010 journal regarding my relationship with my brother. It was depressing and eye opening that I have waited so long to see the reality. People are who they are. He loves me. I never doubt that. That is my focus.\u00a0 I am the one who decides what I need and then have to go from there. I can’t drag someone along with me just because I need something different than they want to give.<\/p>\n

Does this make sense?<\/p>\n

Yes, I know- he’s super handsome- and he’s fun and a great singer too.<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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My brother Ed- it's an interesting relationship.<\/p>\n

Sometimes you have to walk away from a family member and create a new relationship that works for you – in terms of bipolar disorder. I love my brother- just as you probably love your family members even when they drive you bonkers. But, and this is a big one- you can’t always have the kind of relationship you want and need with someone just because they are a part of your family.<\/p>\n

I know what I want from my brother- and after a lifetime of being together, you think I would know what he can and wants to give. I have to change and I’m trying. He is who he is. I found a journal from 1994 [ 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\/1495"}],"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=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11851,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions\/11851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}