{"id":1994,"date":"2015-06-23T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T07:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:49","slug":"can-depression-get-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/can-depression-get-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Depression Get Better? Yes, depression can get better."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-depression.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7344\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" alt=\"man depression\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-depression.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-depression.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-depression-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>The following is a blog post from two years ago. Now that my depression is better, I&#8217;m looking back on life to see where I came from. I was depressed for 30 years off and on. I have a plan that works now. It IS possible to get better. Julie<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Will This Depression Ever End and Can Anyone Help Me? <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>When I\u2019m seriously depressed every single minute feels like I\u2019m living in hell and I am just closer and closer to death.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0I sometimes get so depressed that I can\u2019t move my head or have a conversation. I still make myself get out and do things. I cry and I feel I can\u2019t go on, but I do. I feel better for having done something. Every minute when I\u2019m well is filled with possibility because I can choose what to feel and what to do. People take this for granted. They take for granted that they can decide not to be mad about something or not to let others bother them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Bipolar disorder is not about fixing problems. I can fix my problems. I have a choice with that. The main problem I have is that I can\u2019t always fix bipolar disorder. I can manage it, but I can\u2019t fix something that is so broken. I feel this will last forever and that nothing will change for the future. I will be alone and old and have no purpose. What is the point of my life? <\/em><\/p>\n<p>** Back to the present!<\/p>\n<p>Over one year ago, I found medical help that I now use along with my existing management skills.<\/p>\n<p>I HAVE BEEN ALMOST DEPRESSION FREE FOR OVER TWO YEARS.<\/p>\n<p>Never give up. Keep trying new meds- new methods- reread my books- get help, but never give up.<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/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\/man-depression.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7344\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" alt=\"man depression\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-depression.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-depression.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-depression-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a>The following is a blog post from two years ago. Now that my depression is better, I&#8217;m looking back on life to see where I came from. I was depressed for 30 years off and on. I have a plan that works now. It IS possible to get better. Julie<\/p>\n<p>Will This Depression Ever End and Can Anyone Help Me? <\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019m seriously depressed every single minute feels like I\u2019m living in hell and I am just closer and closer to death.<\/p>\n<p> I sometimes get so depressed that I can\u2019t move my head or have a conversation. I still make myself get out and do things. I cry and I feel I can\u2019t go on, but I do. I feel better for having done something. Every minute when I\u2019m well is filled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/can-depression-get-better\/\">[ 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\/1994"}],"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=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11200,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions\/11200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}