{"id":2177,"date":"2011-01-19T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:04:08","slug":"guest-blogger-dawn-and-schizoaffective-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/guest-blogger-dawn-and-schizoaffective-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger: Dawn and Schizoaffective Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dawn....Guest<\/a>This is the latest installment of the\u00a0bipolarhappens.com\u00a0guest blogger series from Dawn:<\/p>\n

The past few years have been extremely difficult. They would be
\ndifficult for anyone, but when you throw schizoaffective disorder into
\nthe mix, things seemed downright impossible! (Schizoaffective
\ndisorder is a combination of bipolar or depression with schizophrenia.
\nHell, in other words!) I was hospitalized in 2008 for suicidal
\nideations and should have been hospitalized in 2009 for the same. In
\nfact, 2009 was worse than 2008. All I could think about was that my
\nlife was an irreparable mess (broken marriage, severe financial
\ndifficulties, low self-esteem, and an inability to hold down a job.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I didn’t see how I could get out from under). The only solution I saw
\nwas to take myself out. However, even in that dark time, I still had
\na minuscule will to live. I talked to a friend who understood me and
\nthat helped.<\/p>\n

I alternately searched the web for suicide websites and people who were living with mental illness. This is when I found Julie and started following her blog. I really liked her candor. I especially liked the fact that she blazed a trail and created a career for herself while dealing with bipolar disorder. That gave me a teeny bit of hope that I wasn’t doomed to fail because working was so difficult for me. It was difficult for her too!<\/p>\n

I started to take better care of myself by going to support groups and being more compliant with my medication. I was referred to a wonderful psychiatrist and I kept the appointments. I slowly started nurturing my spiritual life again. It took a while, and I have experienced major outside difficulties, but I finally feel like I have regained at least a measure of stability.<\/p>\n

Mental illness recovery has been a passion of mine, and I want to share my passion with others through coaching, speaking, and writing.\u00a0 I am hopeful and optimistic that I can achieve these goals because, through Julie’s example, I see that it can be done.<\/p>\n

Dawn<\/p>\n

A note from Julie:\u00a0 Dawn’s story makes me cry- out of understanding and empathy- sadness that we have to go through this. Her honesty will help so many people. . But her post also\u00a0makes me smile. What a strong woman. she is- with a beautiful picture and with beautiful words. Thank you Dawn.\u00a0 Please leave comments and let Dawn know what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Dawn....Guest<\/a>This is the latest installment of the bipolarhappens.com guest blogger series from Dawn:<\/p>\n

The past few years have been extremely difficult. They would be difficult for anyone, but when you throw schizoaffective disorder into the mix, things seemed downright impossible! (Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of bipolar or depression with schizophrenia. Hell, in other words!) I was hospitalized in 2008 for suicidal ideations and should have been hospitalized in 2009 for the same. In fact, 2009 was worse than 2008. All I could think about was that my life was an irreparable mess (broken marriage, severe financial difficulties, low self-esteem, and an inability to hold down a job.<\/p>\n

I didn’t see how I could get out from under). The only solution I saw was to take myself out. [ 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\/2177"}],"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=2177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11749,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions\/11749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}