{"id":210,"date":"2012-06-05T02:49:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T09:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/06\/05\/a-tough-day-a-good-night-hopefully\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:24","slug":"a-tough-day-a-good-night-hopefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/a-tough-day-a-good-night-hopefully\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tough Bipolar Depression Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5387\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"tree crying\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I woke up sick and crying- darn depression and I was sick for much of the day. It&#8217;s always my goal to go to bed feeling better than when I woke up. Well, that won&#8217;t be hard tonight!<\/p>\n<p>I told all of my friends that I&#8217;m sick. That way they know what to say when I call and cry. They say, &#8220;Julie, you&#8217;re depressed. It&#8217;s hard for you to see reality right now.\u00a0&#8221; And I know they are right.<\/p>\n<p>I recently wrote about quitting the things that are making you ill. I know what is making me ill and I&#8217;m phasing it out of my life. I will get better and stay that way!<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>I hope the blog helps you keep going when you are depressed. Bipolar depression wants you to stop what you are doing until you are sitting around like a lump watching TV and eating potato chips. It doesn&#8217;t have to be that way. Ask for help, read Get it Done When You&#8217;re Depressed, ask a friend to come get you, go to a support group, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetin.org\">www.meetin.org<\/a>, do anything!\u00a0\u00a0 Julie<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTD-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5383\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"GTD small\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTD-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTD-small.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/GTD-small-101x150.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Get it Done When You&#8217;re Depressed<\/em> is the book I use the most in my own treatment plan.\u00a0 I think you will love it. It&#8217;s on amazon.com in hard copy and on the Kindle. It&#8217;s my bipolar companion book.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Get-Done-When-Youre-Depressed\/dp\/1592577067\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1331921557&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>to visit amazon.com to read more about the book.\u00a0 I wish I could give this book to every depressed person in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-sunny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5391\" title=\"tree sunny\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-sunny-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/tree-crying.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5387\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"tree crying\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying-300x275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tree-crying.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I woke up sick and crying- darn depression and I was sick for much of the day. It&#8217;s always my goal to go to bed feeling better than when I woke up. Well, that won&#8217;t be hard tonight!<\/p>\n<p>I told all of my friends that I&#8217;m sick. That way they know what to say when I call and cry. They say, &#8220;Julie, you&#8217;re depressed. It&#8217;s hard for you to see reality right now. &#8221; And I know they are right.<\/p>\n<p>I recently wrote about quitting the things that are making you ill. I know what is making me ill and I&#8217;m phasing it out of my life. I will get better and stay that way!<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>I hope the blog helps you keep going when you are depressed. 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