Julie,<\/p>\n
How about that same thought process for (of all things) funerals. I find that they really bother me. Not in the usual way that funerals do. We all grieve and are sad at someone’s passing but with BiPolar, I seem to fall further down the slope than many and it takes weeks if not months to recover. It matters not if the funeral is family\/friend\/whoever…..They say you are not respectful if you don’t go honor someone at their funeral (in the south anyway) How can this be handled in a good way for those of us emotional unstable at such a time as this? Thanks…I love all your materials!
\nsincerely,<\/p>\n
debbie<\/p>\n
Hi Debbie, <\/p>\n
People with bipolar disorder usually feel things about double than the non bipolar population. This is why we get so overwhelmed so easily! I actually have a dear friend with bipolar I \u2013 Sherri – who just asked me the same question about funerals- she wants to attend the funeral of someone she cares about deeply. But she is too ill to fly to the funeral- it\u2019s across the country. I told her that not going is fine- her aunt knows how much she loved her. Sherri has been a wonderful niece and friend. Funerals are about respecting the people you love, but you can do that from anywhere in the world. <\/p>\n
When my beloved grandmother died in 1995, I was too ill to go. I often felt sad about it and cried that I was not able to be there- but I have bipolar disorder and in order to stay well, I have to be true to myself. My grandmother\u2019s funeral was in Alabama. I understand all about the south! If you have told your family about the bipolar disorder- and explained that it\u2019s like having pneumonia \u2013 you can them remind them that they would never ask you to come if you were ill and coughing all over the plane! <\/p>\n
Eventually, it\u2019s about the person who died- not the people who judge you. If you want to stay stable, it\u2019s all about educating others. They understand eventually- you can send them to this blog! You can say- Julie can\u2019t do it either because even though she loves and respects the person who died, she also respects herself and needs to stay well. <\/p>\n
Julie <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Julie,<\/p>\n
How about that same thought process for (of all things) funerals. I find that they really bother me. Not in the usual way that funerals do. We all grieve and are sad at someone’s passing but with BiPolar, I seem to fall further down the slope than many and it takes weeks if not months to recover. It matters not if the funeral is family\/friend\/whoever…..They say you are not respectful if you don’t go honor someone at their funeral (in the south anyway) How can this be handled in a good way for those of us emotional unstable at such a time as this? Thanks…I love all your materials! sincerely,<\/p>\n
debbie<\/p>\n
Hi Debbie, <\/p>\n
People with bipolar disorder usually feel things about double than the non bipolar population. This is why we get so overwhelmed so easily! I actually have a dear friend with bipolar I \u2013 Sherri – who just asked me the [ 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\/639"}],"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=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12057,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions\/12057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}