{"id":2171,"date":"2011-01-13T19:27:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T19:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:00:05","slug":"choose-your-friends-wisely-so-they-can-be-there-when-you-need-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/choose-your-friends-wisely-so-they-can-be-there-when-you-need-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose your friends wisely.. . so they can be there when you need them!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My friend of 20 years Pam. I think it helps that she is in Texas and I can't drive her crazy! <\/p><\/div>\n

Choose Friends\u00a0Who \u00a0Improve Your Life<\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019ve been mood swing challlenged in the past few months. . I hate it as I\u2019m sure you do! We know what we go through. I\u2019m sad for my friends and mother when I get this sick.\u00a0 If you love someone with bipolar disorder- you probably know what my mother and friends go through as well. I try hard to limit my crying and worrying when I\u2019m around them, but sometimes I can\u2019t help it. One of my friends said, \u201cDon\u2019t worry Julie. You can be honest with me. I\u2019ll be your guiding light when you need me.\u201d We all need friends like this.\u00a0 But I’m often\u00a0a bit paranoid and think that are just saying it and don’t mean it!<\/p>\n

\u00a0I try so hard not to burden my friends and I definitely spread myself out amongst them \u2013 but they have to be ready for when I get really sick. A huge part of my treatment plan is the third section of the Health Cards (you can\u00a0read about the Health Cards from a link at the top of this blog)\u00a0\u2013 my friends and family have this section memorized and it makes all of the difference for me. I\u2019m often able to get myself through a down swing \u2013 but during the times, like this week, that the down swing is particularly severe- I need them even more. I know that if I cry and feel hopeless and helpless they will be there and know exactly what to do- because I taught them when I was well. It takes special friends to be this wonderful. I lost most of my friends in the late 90\u2019s due to my negativity and neediness. It really is possible to change and be a person that someone wants as a friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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My friend of 20 years Pam. I think it helps that she is in Texas and I can't drive her crazy! <\/p>\n

Choose Friends Who Improve Your Life<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been mood swing challlenged in the past few months. . I hate it as I\u2019m sure you do! We know what we go through. I\u2019m sad for my friends and mother when I get this sick. If you love someone with bipolar disorder- you probably know what my mother and friends go through as well. I try hard to limit my crying and worrying when I\u2019m around them, but sometimes I can\u2019t help it. One of my friends said, \u201cDon\u2019t worry Julie. You can be honest with me. I\u2019ll be your guiding light when you need me.\u201d We all need friends like this. But I’m often a bit paranoid and think [ 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\/2171"}],"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=2171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11753,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171\/revisions\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}