{"id":8291,"date":"2014-07-12T11:39:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T18:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=8291"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:55","slug":"bipolar-disorder-on-the-road-book-excerpt-2-why-does-travel-trigger-bipolar-disorder-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-on-the-road-book-excerpt-2-why-does-travel-trigger-bipolar-disorder-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder on the Road Book Excerpt 2: Why does travel trigger bipolar disorder symptoms?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click here<\/a> to read part one of this series on bipolar disorder and travel.<\/p>\n

\"travel-industry\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What is the goal of my next book On the Road with Bipolar Disorder: Four Steps to Successful and Stable Travel?<\/em><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

The goal of this book is to help you manage your bipolar disorder before, during and after you travel.\u00a0 It’s a four step process:<\/p>\n

1. Prep<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Travel<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. You’re There<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Back Home<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever noticed that stories in the news about troublesome bipolar disorder behavior often involve travel?\u00a0 This happens because\u00a0travel condenses\u00a0a large number of bipolar disorder triggers into a very short period of time.\u00a0 Here are the most common bipolar disorder triggers due to travel:<\/p>\n

1. Travel puts you in different time zones.<\/strong> <\/span>Anything that changes your sleep has the potential to cause mood swings. The more opposite your regular sleep pattern, the more dangerous the time change is for bipolar disorder. Time zones that flip your sleep schedule are the most concerning.<\/p>\n

2. Travel often takes you to stimulating situations such as business meetings, weddings, holidays and fun vacations to foreign countries.<\/strong><\/span> As you know, stress doesn’t mean something is bad. It means change. Any change can cause stress and travel is filled with changes.<\/p>\n

3. Long term travel requires a lot of specific planning. <\/span><\/strong>Planning and bipolar disorder often clash.\u00a0<\/span> This is when anxiety can really show up and make planning difficult.<\/p>\n

4. Travel puts you into small spaces with family members.<\/strong> <\/span>Travel isn’t only about vacations. It can be a three hour trip to have a holiday dinner with your family. That’s still travel!<\/p>\n

5. Travel upsets the structure all people with bipolar disorder need in order to stay stable.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> I believe that planning WAY ahead for travel works because you have time to create a structure that’s ready when you reach your destination.<\/p>\n

6. Travel is unpredictable.<\/strong>\u00a0 Transportation <\/span><\/span>can get changed or\u00a0cancelled and anxiety is easily triggered. OCD is very common, especially in airports.\u00a0 Planning for chaos when you have a long travel itinerary\u00a0 is essential.<\/p>\n

Check back for more travel tips!<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n

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Click here<\/a> to read part one of this series on bipolar disorder and travel.<\/p>\n

\"travel-industry\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What is the goal of my next book On the Road with Bipolar Disorder: Four Steps to Successful and Stable Travel? <\/p>\n

The goal of this book is to help you manage your bipolar disorder before, during and after you travel. It’s a four step process:<\/p>\n

1. Prep<\/p>\n

2. Travel<\/p>\n

3. You’re There<\/p>\n

4. Back Home <\/p>\n

Have you ever noticed that stories in the news about troublesome bipolar disorder behavior often involve travel? This happens because travel condenses a large number of bipolar disorder triggers into a very short period of time. Here are the most common bipolar disorder triggers due to travel:<\/p>\n

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