{"id":5870,"date":"2012-08-23T10:50:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T17:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=5870"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:21","slug":"reader-question-on-work-and-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/reader-question-on-work-and-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader Question on Work and Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rachel read a blog post about work and bipolar disorder. Here is her question:<\/p>\n

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Thank You Julie. I have had so many jobs over the years, some more successful than others, but my illness always\u00a0seems to\u00a0get in my way. I have been sick for sev\u00a0 eral months again now,\u00a0 unemployed, but trying to get get better. I have the support of my husband, some understanding from my kids, but how do you forgive yourself? Rachel <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Rachel,<\/p>\n

I face what you are going through all of the time. I miss months and months of work- but it’s a certain kind of work. If I’m busy and have deadlines I do better. If the work all comes from my mind- such as writing a book on my own, I find it very difficult. Having bipolar disorder means we are going to lose time. I’ve lost so much I can’t even count it anymore. But you keep going.<\/p>\n

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Many, many people with bipolar disorder have trouble working.\u00a0 It’s simply an unfortunate trigger. I would talk to the kids and be completely honest about bipolar. You can tell them about me!\u00a0 I write books- I speak- I coach and I have friends- and work is still a very big struggle.<\/p>\n

You are Not alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You would never try to forgive yourself if you had cancer- there is no reason to have to forgive yourself when you have bipolar. Just keep going- sing massive praise to your awesome sounding husband and go easy on yourself. It’s a tough illness and not working is not your fault!\u00a0Work when you\u00a0can and go from there.<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rachel read a blog post about work and bipolar disorder. Here is her question:<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Thank You Julie. I have had so many jobs over the years, some more successful than others, but my illness always seems to get in my way. I have been sick for sev eral months again now, unemployed, but trying to get get better. I have the support of my husband, some understanding from my kids, but how do you forgive yourself? Rachel <\/p>\n

Hi Rachel,<\/p>\n

I face what you are going through all of the time. I miss months and months of work- but it’s a certain kind of work. If I’m busy and have deadlines I do better. If the work all comes from my mind- such as writing a book on my own, I find it [ 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\/5870"}],"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=5870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11485,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870\/revisions\/11485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}