{"id":628,"date":"2012-09-13T21:23:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T04:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2009\/02\/13\/bipolar-disorder-and-your-social-life\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:20","slug":"bipolar-disorder-and-your-social-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-your-social-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Tips to Improve Your Social Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tips to\u00a0add spice to your social life\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I get really lonely when I get sick. Even though I have a lot of friends, I still miss the company that comes with belonging to a social group. This happens because I work on my own. I think a lot about ways to get myself out in public and a part of a group. Here are some suggestions:<\/p>\n

Toastmasters. Wow, what a great group of people. Toastmasters is a worldwide speaking organization. I was in a group for two years and still have friendships with the people I met years ago. If you\u2019re thinking, OMG, I can\u2019t speak in public! Well, that is what it\u2019s all about. It makes you able to speak in public! It\u2019s also a great way to learn how to run an executive style meeting and become a leader in the community.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.toastmasters.org\/<\/p>\n

Boys and Girls Clubs- what a great place to volunteer! That is certainly a group!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bgca.org\/clubs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Study a foreign language. Here in Portland, Oregon you can study a language and then find a few places in town where you can actually go have a glass of wine and practice!<\/p>\n

Join a sports team. I would do this in two seconds if I didn’t have a bum shoulder!<\/p>\n

Go to an evening community education class- or teach one! I can\u2019t believe how many friends I made the last time I taught a writing class.<\/p>\n

And if you just like to go out and have fun, I suggest www.meetin.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Find a place you like to hang out and become a regular.<\/p>\n

My college had an alumni association meeting in Seattle and I missed it. Duh!<\/p>\n

My high school crown from Hawaii gets together here in Portland.\u00a0 I just have to find them. Duh!<\/p>\n

Put an ad on Craigslist and start your own group.<\/p>\n

There is a group here called Love Tribe. Wow. It’s huge and people love it. Another community is the Estatic Dance Community. This is very much the Burning Man crowd- but whatever floats your boat!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to do this stuff when you\u2019re depressed, which is why it\u2019s good to set it up when you\u2019re well. I have a few rules when I start with a new group. I make a commitment to go to meetings which means I still go even when I\u2019m depressed. I always feel better after the meeting!<\/p>\n

Have fun!
\nJulie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tips to add spice to your social life\u2026<\/p>\n

I get really lonely when I get sick. Even though I have a lot of friends, I still miss the company that comes with belonging to a social group. This happens because I work on my own. I think a lot about ways to get myself out in public and a part of a group. Here are some suggestions:<\/p>\n

Toastmasters. Wow, what a great group of people. Toastmasters is a worldwide speaking organization. I was in a group for two years and still have friendships with the people I met years ago. If you\u2019re thinking, OMG, I can\u2019t speak in public! Well, that is what it\u2019s all about. It makes you able to speak in public! It\u2019s also a great way to learn how [ 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\/628"}],"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=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11473,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/11473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}