{"id":651,"date":"2012-11-17T20:13:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T04:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2009\/03\/08\/bipolar-disorder-and-internet-dating\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:18","slug":"bipolar-disorder-and-internet-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-internet-dating\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder and Internet Dating: Match.com, E-Harmony and Craigslist!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dating1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6286\" title=\"dating\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dating1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Internet dating was one of the most stressful experiences of my life! In fact, it can be stressful for people without bipolar disorder! I stopped using the internet to date over a year ago. What a relief! I have to admit I did meet a lot of guy friends that way, but the other people I met\u2026 whew! A lot of trouble!<\/p>\n<p>Maybe internet dating works for you- but if you find it making you obsessed and unhappy, there are many other ways to meet people that are less stressful.<\/p>\n<p>I have friends who met on Match.com, etc- but they are pretty calm and could handle the constant email and constant judgment from strangers! Not me! I used to put up profiles when I got manic. Now I use my mania more wisely. ha ha.<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>PS: How about speed dating!<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dating1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6286\" title=\"dating\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dating1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Internet dating was one of the most stressful experiences of my life! In fact, it can be stressful for people without bipolar disorder! I stopped using the internet to date over a year ago. What a relief! I have to admit I did meet a lot of guy friends that way, but the other people I met\u2026 whew! A lot of trouble!<\/p>\n<p>Maybe internet dating works for you- but if you find it making you obsessed and unhappy, there are many other ways to meet people that are less stressful.<\/p>\n<p>I have friends who met on Match.com, etc- but they are pretty calm and could handle the constant email and constant judgment from strangers! Not me! I used to put up profiles when I got manic. Now I use my mania more wisely. ha ha.<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>PS: How about speed dating!<\/p>\n<p> <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/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\/651"}],"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=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11435,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651\/revisions\/11435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}