{"id":2472,"date":"2011-03-31T23:49:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:59:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:59:27","slug":"guest-blogger-from-lebanon-ziad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/guest-blogger-from-lebanon-ziad\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger from Lebanon:  Ziad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ziad2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2527\" title=\"ziad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ziad2-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m 46, married, and have 2 great kids: Jad and Mira, they study at the National Protestant College.\u00a0 I was born from a Muslim father and a Christian mother.\u00a0 I have been working at the American University of Beirut (lucky me) for 26 years.\u00a0 I&#8217;m also a writer by hobby: I have 2 poetry collections and 2 novels and I write weekly in a local paper.<br \/>\nPersonally I&#8217;m doing fine with bipolar depression; thanks to the medical insurance at AUB and my great DR Munir Khani.and thanks to my wife, kids, family and friends. Bipolar people need a lot of understanding people around them; and we in Lebanon, family has survived and social life is still booming.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m doing fine with my BP because it has taught me to be patient, accept myself and protect my privacy and peace of mind. When I&#8217;m not OK, I stay away from people, walk along the sea shore, and find solace in painting and writing.<br \/>\nLiving in Beirut is not so easy. It is a hectic city, a lot of politics and tension. but I love the city and I adore it, because it is an open city; here we have all the world; it is like a window to the world, where east and west meet.<br \/>\nMy advice to all the bipolar people is one sentence: accept yourselves, so that people can accept you.<br \/>\nGood luck &amp; and enjoy the ups and downs!<br \/>\nRegards, Ziad<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ziad.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ziad.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ziad.jpg\"><\/a><\/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\/ziad2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2527\" title=\"ziad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ziad2-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m 46, married, and have 2 great kids: Jad and Mira, they study at the National Protestant College. I was born from a Muslim father and a Christian mother. I have been working at the American University of Beirut (lucky me) for 26 years. I&#8217;m also a writer by hobby: I have 2 poetry collections and 2 novels and I write weekly in a local paper. Personally I&#8217;m doing fine with bipolar depression; thanks to the medical insurance at AUB and my great DR Munir Khani.and thanks to my wife, kids, family and friends. Bipolar people need a lot of understanding people around them; and we in Lebanon, family has survived and social life is still booming. I&#8217;m doing fine with my BP because it has taught me to be patient, accept myself and protect my privacy and peace of mind. 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