{"id":755,"date":"2009-05-25T06:35:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T06:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/a-bipolar-disorder-and-relationships-secret\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:01:19","slug":"a-bipolar-disorder-and-relationships-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/a-bipolar-disorder-and-relationships-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bipolar Disorder and Relationships Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big bipolar disorder treatment secret\u2026 .<\/p>\n<p>Surround yourself with people who love and respect you. It\u2019s that simple. I\u2019ve been around people who say they care about me and that they want to be with me- but in reality they didn\u2019t love and respect me. It\u2019s all about them.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want people like that in my life. I used to know quite a few of them and I have met a few lately- but I\u2019m getting better at seeing them at face value when we meet.<\/p>\n<p>People who don\u2019t love and respect me but still want something from me make me sick. Literally!<br \/>\nI would rather be alone for the rest of my life than be with someone who so disrespects me they would continue behavior I have asked them to stop. The only thing I can do in a situation like this is say a strong GOOD BYE!<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, I have to be aware that I am sometimes the person who doesn\u2019t act with love and respect. If I\u2019m nervous, scared, intimidated or worried I will be rejected, I too can act unkindly. I can also act in ways that are confusing to others. Depression can distort situations to the point that I assume someone doesn\u2019t care about me so I will make sure I leave first- and it may all be in my head. It&#8217;s human nature to want to hurt someone before they can hurt you. It&#8217;s our self preservation gene! There is just no way to be perfect in relationships- but we can at least be aware of our own behavior. Mine is not always stellar, but I am trying. This has really improved my stability.<\/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 big bipolar disorder treatment secret\u2026 .<\/p>\n<p>Surround yourself with people who love and respect you. It\u2019s that simple. I\u2019ve been around people who say they care about me and that they want to be with me- but in reality they didn\u2019t love and respect me. It\u2019s all about them.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want people like that in my life. I used to know quite a few of them and I have met a few lately- but I\u2019m getting better at seeing them at face value when we meet.<\/p>\n<p>People who don\u2019t love and respect me but still want something from me make me sick. Literally! I would rather be alone for the rest of my life than be with someone who so disrespects me they would continue behavior I have asked them to stop. The only thing I can do in a situation like this is say a strong GOOD BYE!<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/a-bipolar-disorder-and-relationships-secret\/\">[ 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\/755"}],"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=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11996,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755\/revisions\/11996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}