{"id":153,"date":"2012-07-23T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T03:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/04\/17\/what-wellness-feels-like\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:22","slug":"what-bipolar-wellness-feels-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/what-bipolar-wellness-feels-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What bipolar wellness feels like&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wellness2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5830\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"wellness2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wellness2-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sleep:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> I\u2019m more able to get to sleep on my own without being scared to go to sleep or so depressed I write in my journal for an hour just to deal with the depression. I need less sleep medications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Relationships:<\/strong> I\u2019ve learned that it\u2019s better to stick with who you know than to chase the excitement of strangers. It\u2019s easier now that my brain is leaving me alone so that I can make more rational decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Work:<\/strong> I can get up and work for at least four to five hours a day. It\u2019s a goal. I can even work a few days in a row without getting sick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Success:<\/strong> I\u2019m reaching goals and actually feeling a small sense of accomplishment. I\u2019ve never felt prolonged excitement over my writing success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong> Family:<\/strong> I\u2019ve become an asset instead of a burden to my family. This took eight years of hard work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong> Thinking:<\/strong> I can choose thoughts instead of constantly having to fight the bipolar thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Money:\u00a0<\/strong>I think before\u00a0I spend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Weight:<\/strong> Next to bipolar, my biggest struggle. Ongoing&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">All of these are a work in progress. I do well if I can reach a few of these at a time! \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Julie<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">PS: How do you define wellness in terms of bipolar disorder? <\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wellness2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5830\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"wellness2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wellness2-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a>Sleep: I\u2019m more able to get to sleep on my own without being scared to go to sleep or so depressed I write in my journal for an hour just to deal with the depression. I need less sleep medications.<\/p>\n<p>Relationships: I\u2019ve learned that it\u2019s better to stick with who you know than to chase the excitement of strangers. It\u2019s easier now that my brain is leaving me alone so that I can make more rational decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Work: I can get up and work for at least four to five hours a day. It\u2019s a goal. I can even work a few days in a row without getting sick.<\/p>\n<p>Success: I\u2019m reaching goals and actually feeling a small sense of accomplishment. I\u2019ve never felt prolonged excitement over my writing success.<\/p>\n<p> Family: I\u2019ve become an asset instead of a burden to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/what-bipolar-wellness-feels-like\/\">[ 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\/153"}],"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=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11494,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/11494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}