{"id":6803,"date":"2012-05-15T20:46:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T03:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=6803"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:24","slug":"letter-from-a-partner-to-a-partner-with-bipolar-disorder-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/letter-from-a-partner-to-a-partner-with-bipolar-disorder-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter From a Partner with Bipolar Disorder (Pt 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder
\nLetter <\/strong><\/span>from a Partner with Bipolar Disorder\u00a0Pt 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Julie A. Fast\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is part one of a two part series for partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

**<\/span><\/p>\n

The following is a note from a person with bipolar disorder to their partner.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the qualities a I would love to have in a partner!<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Consistency.<\/strong> I can then model you when it\u2019s hard for me to manage my moods.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Understanding of my need for structure<\/strong>– and an equal understanding of how hard it can be for me to create and stick to structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Willing to read books about bipolar disorder<\/strong>– especially Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder<\/em> and Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder<\/em>. These are great books for discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Loving, kind and very, very honest communication.<\/strong> You have to tell me how you feel if I upset you- otherwise it stays bottled up and you will want to leave. And then you will feel guilty!\u00a0 (Believe me, this happens a lot.)<\/span><\/p>\n

5. When I’m unreasonable, you know what to say,<\/strong> \u201cThis is bipolar disorder talking. We need to focus on managing this illness together. I love you, but I will not let you treat me unkindly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Set very firm boundaries<\/strong> regarding my bipolar management such as taking medications, dealing with drug and alcohol dependency, sleep decisions, money etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Stability.<\/strong> Your stability helps my stability.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you from my heart, <\/span><\/p>\n

Your Loving Partner<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder Letter from a Partner with Bipolar Disorder Pt 1<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

by Julie A. Fast <\/p>\n

This is part one of a two part series for partners.<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

The following is a note from a person with bipolar disorder to their partner.<\/p>\n

Here are the qualities a I would love to have in a partner!<\/p>\n

1. Consistency. I can then model you when it\u2019s hard for me to manage my moods.<\/p>\n

2. Understanding of my need for structure– and an equal understanding of how hard it can be for me to create and stick to structure.<\/p>\n

3. Willing to read books about bipolar disorder– especially Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder and Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder. These are great books for discussion.<\/p>\n

4. Loving, kind and very, very honest communication. You have to tell me how you feel if I upset [ 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\/6803"}],"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=6803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11547,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803\/revisions\/11547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}