{"id":9249,"date":"2015-12-02T09:56:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=9249"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:48","slug":"you-can-get-things-done-when-youre-depressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/you-can-get-things-done-when-youre-depressed\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Get Things Done When You’re Depressed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"julie<\/a><\/p>\n

Does bipolar disorder depression keep you from getting things done? It’s a life long struggle for me and I will get through it and you can too!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Here I am sitting in my car with my typical\u00a0bipolar disorder\u00a0dilemma. What to do next? I\u2019m amazed at how my brain works just fine one morning and then without any changes in my life, I\u2019m sitting in my car and it\u2019s absolutely painful to make a simple decision.<\/p>\n

This is bipolar disorder in a nut shell! Having trouble getting things done is a bipolar disorder symptom. Most of us have it. It\u2019s not personal. We are not lazy. \u00a0It’s even worse when you’re depressed. If you love someone with this illness, you might wonder why the person you care about simply can’t work they way they want to. This is why. It’s insidious and has to be managed or work becomes impossible. The good news is that we CAN manage it!<\/p>\n

This is why I wrote Get it Done When You\u2019re Depressed<\/i>. This inability to make a decision is about the illness. I have learned to override my brain- it takes time and effort and I lose work hours that I really need, but at least I do get started.<\/p>\n

\"julie<\/a><\/p>\n

Once the engine is fired up, I can work! That\u2019s me in my office. I lost a few hours, but I\u2019m working now! I always tell people to measure themselves off of other people with the illness. I know that if I compare my work rate with people who don’t have bipolar disorder, I will be miserable. Considering how many symptoms I deal with daily, I guess I do ok. We have to take bipolar disorder into account. If getting out of bed and making breakfast is all you can do right now, that is a huge accomplishment. That is getting things done. \u00a0They start to add up and then we are back in the real world. I can do it. You can do it. We can get things done when we have bipolar disorder!<\/p>\n

PS: \u00a0Get it Done When You’re Depressed is my favorite book. I use the strategies constantly. If there were a thought bubble on the picture of me in the car, you could see me going through the strategies in order to get myself out of the car. \u00a0Put yourself in a place you can work is one of my favorites and that’s what I did on this day!<\/p>\n

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\"julie<\/a><\/p>\n

Does bipolar disorder depression keep you from getting things done? It’s a life long struggle for me and I will get through it and you can too! <\/p>\n

Here I am sitting in my car with my typical bipolar disorder dilemma. What to do next? I\u2019m amazed at how my brain works just fine one morning and then without any changes in my life, I\u2019m sitting in my car and it\u2019s absolutely painful to make a simple decision.<\/p>\n

This is bipolar disorder in a nut shell! Having trouble getting things done is a bipolar disorder symptom. Most of us have it. It\u2019s not personal. We are not lazy. It’s even worse when you’re depressed. If you love someone with this illness, you might wonder why the person [ 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\/9249"}],"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=9249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11187,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9249\/revisions\/11187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}