{"id":748,"date":"2012-02-12T21:29:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T05:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=748"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:59:19","slug":"cats-and-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/cats-and-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cats and Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cookie-santa-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4940\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"cookie santa web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cookie-santa-web-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>Bipolar Disorder Treatment and Animal Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I call my cat Bibi my depression companion. It always amazes me at how much better I feel when I spend time with her. Even when I\u2019m crying and feel I can\u2019t function- I can still pet Bibi!<\/p>\n<p>It is the same with my mom\u2019s dog Cookie. It\u2019s hard to be depressed around her. I have had days were I sit in my mom\u2019s backyard in a depressed stupor- but I always feel better when I see Cookie.<\/p>\n<p>Petting an animal releases endorphins-\u00a0 throwing a ball with an animal increases endorphins! So it makes sense that our animal friends could help us all manage this illness more successfully.<\/p>\n<p>Bibi needs a lot of attention. It\u2019s hard to focus on her sometimes, but I make myself see it from her perspective. She really loves playing with string- even if it feels like a Herculean task to play with her, I make myself do it. I always feel better afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a pet in your life that can help you feel better?<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/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\/cookie-santa-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4940\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"cookie santa web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cookie-santa-web-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Bipolar Disorder Treatment and Animal Friends<\/p>\n<p>I call my cat Bibi my depression companion. It always amazes me at how much better I feel when I spend time with her. Even when I\u2019m crying and feel I can\u2019t function- I can still pet Bibi!<\/p>\n<p>It is the same with my mom\u2019s dog Cookie. It\u2019s hard to be depressed around her. I have had days were I sit in my mom\u2019s backyard in a depressed stupor- but I always feel better when I see Cookie.<\/p>\n<p>Petting an animal releases endorphins- throwing a ball with an animal increases endorphins! So it makes sense that our animal friends could help us all manage this illness more successfully.<\/p>\n<p>Bibi needs a lot of attention. It\u2019s hard to focus on her sometimes, but I make myself see it from her perspective. She really loves playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/cats-and-dogs\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- 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\/748"}],"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=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11606,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions\/11606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}