{"id":155,"date":"2012-06-03T20:37:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T03:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/04\/17\/reader-question-spirituality-and-bipolar\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:24","slug":"does-spirituality-help-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/does-spirituality-help-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Does spirituality help bipolar disorder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5656\" title=\"spirituality4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4-126x150.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">What role do you think spirituality plays in bipolar disorder?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Regarding spirituality and bipolar- I think that it totally depends on the person- some find that their faith is what keeps them alive- some find that the group nature of many religions gives them the companionship they need- others use meditation for stability and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Then, there are some like myself who are not sure about the topic- it\u2019s always a question for me.<\/p>\n<p>What about you? What helps you spiritually?<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>PS:\u00a0 I had NO idea this book existed!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5657\" title=\"spirituality 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2.jpg 866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/spirituality4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5656\" title=\"spirituality4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4-126x150.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality4.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>What role do you think spirituality plays in bipolar disorder?<\/p>\n<p>Regarding spirituality and bipolar- I think that it totally depends on the person- some find that their faith is what keeps them alive- some find that the group nature of many religions gives them the companionship they need- others use meditation for stability and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Then, there are some like myself who are not sure about the topic- it\u2019s always a question for me.<\/p>\n<p>What about you? What helps you spiritually?<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>PS: I had NO idea this book existed!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5657\" title=\"spirituality 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spirituality-2.jpg 866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <!-- 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\/155"}],"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=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11534,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/11534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}