{"id":516,"date":"2008-11-26T07:27:59","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T07:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/11\/26\/bipolar-disorder-and-relationships-2\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:01:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:01:31","slug":"bipolar-disorder-and-relationships-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-relationships-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder and Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Courier New\">Relationships that Don\u2019t Exist<\/font><\/p>\n<p><o :p><font face=\"Courier New\">\u00a0<\/font><\/o><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Courier New\">Have you ever noticed that your brain can create a relationship with someone that isn\u2019t real? Even to the point of seeing them do bad things to you or cause you problems \u2013 all in your mind! <\/font><\/p>\n<p><o :p><font face=\"Courier New\">\u00a0<\/font><\/o><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Courier New\">I try hard to recognize this when it\u2019s happening and prevent it from going too far. Only people with bipolar will really get this one as it\u2019s so strange! <\/font><\/p>\n<p><o :p><font face=\"Courier New\">\u00a0<\/font><\/o><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Courier New\">What matters is that we never act on these feelings until we are sure something is real. I\u2019ve learned to do this. I have a lot of people around me who can listen and say- \u201cwell, Julie. It sounds like you\u2019re making something out of nothing. The person is actually acting pretty normally and you\u2019re trying to make them like you- and they\u2019re not.\u201d <\/font><\/p>\n<p><o :p><font face=\"Courier New\">\u00a0<\/font><\/o><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Courier New\">My friends always point out that when the bipolar is giving me a hard time- it makes me think others are going through what I go through so I have the same expectations of them that I have of myself- such as my needed to KNOW when something will happen or having trouble WAITING for another person to do what I feel they should do. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><o :p><font face=\"Courier New\">\u00a0<\/font><\/o><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Courier New\">I am not like this at all when I\u2019m well- so I\u2019ve learned what is me and what is the illness and I can honestly say I rarely have problems in my relationships because of bipolar. I still have all of the symptoms and all of the pain, but I don\u2019t take it out on others. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><o :p><font face=\"Courier New\">\u00a0<\/font><\/o><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font face=\"Courier New\">Julie <span>\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/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 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Relationships that Don\u2019t Exist<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Have you ever noticed that your brain can create a relationship with someone that isn\u2019t real? Even to the point of seeing them do bad things to you or cause you problems \u2013 all in your mind! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\">I try hard to recognize this when it\u2019s happening and prevent it from going too far. Only people with bipolar will really get this one as it\u2019s so strange! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\">What matters is that we never act on these feelings until we are sure something is real. I\u2019ve learned to do this. I have a lot of people around me who can listen and say- \u201cwell, Julie. It sounds like you\u2019re making something out of nothing. 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