{"id":7878,"date":"2013-11-24T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=7878"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:13","slug":"hospitals-can-be-a-safe-place-for-people-with-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/hospitals-can-be-a-safe-place-for-people-with-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals Can be a Safe Place for People with Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hospitals Can\u00a0Really Help<\/p>\n

It’s important to\u00a0remember that hospitals are often a good place for people with bipolar disorder.\u00a0Many people hear the words, You have bipolar disorder, <\/em>for the first time when they are in the hospital. It’s a safe place to get such life changing news.<\/p>\n

I know this is how it was for me. My partner Ivan went into the hospital in 1994 before I had any idea of what bipolar disorder really meant. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder I (one). \u00a0The next year I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder II (two) and spent time in a hospital day program in Seattle. \u00a0So many people see the hospital as a bad place- I see it as a healing place for those of us with this illness. Of course, our goal is to create a plan so we do not have to go back, but a stay at the hospital is nothing to be ashamed of.<\/p>\n

I have to remind myself of this when I get really sick.\u00a0 I don’t want to go to the hospital. Like many people, I see it as failure! I astonish myself with my OWN stupidity.<\/p>\n

Bipolar disorder doesn’t care how smart you are or how well prepared you are to manage the illness, it can still hit you like a sack of bricks and you have to get professional help.<\/p>\n

It’s an illness and hospitals are often the only safe place when the mood swings are raging!<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n

This is St. Remy where Van Gogh stayed while under treatment from his amazing psychiatrist Dr. Gachet.<\/p>\n

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Hospitals Can Really Help<\/p>\n

It’s important to remember that hospitals are often a good place for people with bipolar disorder. Many people hear the words, You have bipolar disorder, for the first time when they are in the hospital. It’s a safe place to get such life changing news.<\/p>\n

I know this is how it was for me. My partner Ivan went into the hospital in 1994 before I had any idea of what bipolar disorder really meant. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder I (one). The next year I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder II (two) and spent time in a hospital day program in Seattle. So many people see the hospital as a bad place- I see it as a healing place for those of us with this illness. Of course, our goal is to create a plan so [ 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\/7878"}],"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=7878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11343,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7878\/revisions\/11343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}