{"id":7693,"date":"2013-05-31T00:24:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T07:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:14","slug":"do-what-you-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/do-what-you-can\/","title":{"rendered":"My Motto: Do What You Can, When You Can, If You Can"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"can-do-attitude\"<\/a>I’m often embarrassed at how little I can get done due to bipolar disorder.\u00a0 It’s so easy to be hard on myself for what I see as a PERSONAL PROBLEM. I have days where I can’t work at all.\u00a0 Not even an hour. It has been like this forever, but I’m still ridiculously upset when it happens.<\/p>\n

The reality? Bipolar disorder is often dis-abling. I may want to answer my Facebook comments or record a short blog or even clean my room, but the task it too overwhelming. \u00a0 There are many days I simply can’t do what I want to do- even if it’s the most basic of tasks.<\/p>\n

I hate it. We all hate it.<\/p>\n

The only way out is to do what you can.\u00a0 For example, I have writings from the past ten years that are a wealth of information about managing this illness.<\/p>\n

My mind whispers: If I didn’t have bipolar disorder, I would be ABLE to go through\u00a0these writings\u00a0and quickly put them into books and blogs and articles and……..!!!<\/p>\n

But I do have bipolar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe you have bipolar or care about someone with bipolar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a treatable illness- but it’s often a limiting illness.<\/p>\n

I CAN’T go through all of my past writings and put the information on Facebook and record it on a podcast and do this an that.\u00a0 I can do a bit at at time. That’s all.<\/p>\n

Bummer.<\/p>\n

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

\"can-do-attitude\"<\/a>I’m often embarrassed at how little I can get done due to bipolar disorder. It’s so easy to be hard on myself for what I see as a PERSONAL PROBLEM. I have days where I can’t work at all. Not even an hour. It has been like this forever, but I’m still ridiculously upset when it happens.<\/p>\n

The reality? Bipolar disorder is often dis-abling. I may want to answer my Facebook comments or record a short blog or even clean my room, but the task it too overwhelming. There are many days I simply can’t do what I want to do- even if it’s the most basic of tasks.<\/p>\n

I hate it. We all hate it.<\/p>\n

The only way out is to do what you can. For example, I have writings from the past ten years that are a wealth of information about managing this illness.<\/p>\n

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