I\u2019m well tonight!<\/p>\n
Normally I would write that sentence: I\u2019m not sick tonight! but I\u2019m going to be positive this evening.<\/p>\n
It always amazes me how normal it is to be normal. I sort of just do things without thinking about them. When the bipolar disorder is going strong- which is about 85% of the time (I chart my moods so that % is pretty accurate!) I often have to struggle and grasp and gasp to keep going. But when I\u2019m well like I am tonight, things are just so much more simple.\u00a0 I can be alone with ease. I make dinner. I read and write my blog. I can DO things. Do you think anyone can understand what I mean unless they have bipolar? I don\u2019t think so! People take the normal stuff for granted. Getting up without thinking your life is pointless is how most people live. I\u2019d like to be most people- believe me!<\/p>\n
If you care about someone with bipolar disorder, you know how we struggle with the basics. It\u2019s a part of the illness. I am always reminded of this when I have an evening like tonight. I just exist and get on with my life. Nothing is running through my head and I\u2019m not filled with doom and gloom or excessive excitement.
\nIt\u2019s NICE.\u00a0 I remember when I created the Health Cards (my treatment system) \u2013 I realized it was extremely important for me to create a Health Card that listed what the normal me was like- how I thought and acted and what I said when I wasn\u2019t in a mood swing, so that I could remember this when I got sick.<\/p>\n
It changed my life!<\/p>\n
Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m well tonight!<\/p>\n
Normally I would write that sentence: I\u2019m not sick tonight! but I\u2019m going to be positive this evening.<\/p>\n
It always amazes me how normal it is to be normal. I sort of just do things without thinking about them. When the bipolar disorder is going strong- which is about 85% of the time (I chart my moods so that % is pretty accurate!) I often have to struggle and grasp and gasp to keep going. But when I\u2019m well like I am tonight, things are just so much more simple. I can be alone with ease. I make dinner. I read and write my blog. I can DO things. Do you think anyone can understand what I mean unless they have bipolar? I don\u2019t think so! People take the normal stuff for granted. Getting up without thinking your life is pointless is how most people live. I\u2019d like to be most people- [ 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\/779"}],"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=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11984,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/11984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}