{"id":934,"date":"2014-08-19T00:21:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T07:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=934"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:53","slug":"bipolar-disorder-the-tough-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-the-tough-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar disorder… tips for making it through the tough days."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bad<\/a>Oh boy can this illness make a person feel sick.\u00a0 That is just a fact. I guess you can change that sentence around-\u00a0 We can all get sick and tired of having this illness. One thing I want to do on this blog is to encourage people to keep going and going even when the days are really tough. One good thing about bipolar disorder is that it’s episodic- that means mood swings end. You can get better. Sometimes it takes\u00a0 longer than expected- but life can be stable.<\/span><\/p>\n

I talk a lot about depression as that is what I experience the most- some of my friends talk more about the agitated mania or the psychosis they live with, sometimes for a long stretch of time. I have a friend who has the type of bipolar disorder that is 90% mania.\u00a0 It truly is a spectrum!<\/span><\/p>\n

Today is a good day because I can get work done- today is a good day becuase I have an appointment with Julie Foster, my excellent nurse practitioner. We are going to tackle my latest sleeping issues. Today is a good day because I’m out and about and I get to do my coaching calls tonight.\u00a0 By the way, I’ve been depressed for a\u00a0 few days, so finding the positives isn’t easy.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s important to focus on the good stuff on the days when you’re having a hard time- even if it’s only the small things!<\/span><\/p>\n

Julie<\/span><\/p>\n

PS: At least there isn’t a goat in your kitchen! HEHE<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"bad<\/a>Oh boy can this illness make a person feel sick. That is just a fact. I guess you can change that sentence around- We can all get sick and tired of having this illness. One thing I want to do on this blog is to encourage people to keep going and going even when the days are really tough. One good thing about bipolar disorder is that it’s episodic- that means mood swings end. You can get better. Sometimes it takes longer than expected- but life can be stable.<\/p>\n

I talk a lot about depression as that is what I experience the most- some of my friends talk more about the agitated mania or the psychosis they live with, sometimes for a long stretch of time. I have a friend who [ 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\/934"}],"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=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11263,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions\/11263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}