Depression vs. Sadness Part II<\/p>\n
The problem with depression is that it takes away the FACTS.<\/p>\n
Here is the first fact, I only feel down about my life when I\u2019m depressed. Here are some more facts. This wonderful man is a dear friend, but I don\u2019t want a relationship with him. It\u2019s my choice! My house is small, but I\u2019m still very proud to own a house. That\u2019s quite an accomplishment when you couldn\u2019t work for over five years! (before I started the Health Cards) The weather always sucks in Portland in the winter. And it was just as dark yesterday when I was having fun with my friend.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve already talked to two friends and my mother and brother this morning, so the idea that I don\u2019t have people who care about me is just stupid. Not having plans on a Friday night will not kill me- I can always find something to do! Money is a worry for many people, especially now- that is simply normal. My work is what I make it- I can take book deals and speaking engagements that make me happy instead of only focusing on making money. I made an extremely conscious decision to remain single until I was well enough and in a good place work wise as I know what havoc dating creates in my life. It\u2019s a choice! I\u2019m not happy I have to modify my life so much- and that makes me sad, but that\u2019s a normal sad! I could go on and on here- because what I feel when I\u2019m depressed is a distortion of the facts.<\/p>\n
I want to stick to the facts. Writing this got me out of my downswing and I will do all I can today to keep the depression from coming back. I hate this illness and it will not ruin my life.<\/p>\n
Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Depression vs. Sadness Part II<\/p>\n
The problem with depression is that it takes away the FACTS.<\/p>\n
Here is the first fact, I only feel down about my life when I\u2019m depressed. Here are some more facts. This wonderful man is a dear friend, but I don\u2019t want a relationship with him. It\u2019s my choice! My house is small, but I\u2019m still very proud to own a house. That\u2019s quite an accomplishment when you couldn\u2019t work for over five years! (before I started the Health Cards) The weather always sucks in Portland in the winter. And it was just as dark yesterday when I was having fun with my friend.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve already talked to two friends and my mother and brother this morning, so the idea that I don\u2019t have people who care about me is just stupid. Not having plans on a Friday night will not kill me- I can always find something to do! [ 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\/520"}],"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=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12124,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/12124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}