{"id":9496,"date":"2016-04-20T20:24:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T03:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=9496"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:47","slug":"bipolar-disorder-overwhelmed-but-taking-action-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-overwhelmed-but-taking-action-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder Overwhelmed, but Taking Action Anyway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9497 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7524\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I move to France on Friday. The mood swings are here as expected, but I&#8217;m plowing through them. I&#8217;m not depressed, but the overwhelm has started. Feeling overwhelmed and anxious can really put a damper on an adventure. I&#8217;m working through it &#8211; literally.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>The only way I can deal with feeling overwhelmed is to ask for help and do all I can to get things done. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are some pics from my stay in the midlands of beautiful England. I encourage you to keep going- even a small action makes a difference in the bipolar brain.<\/p>\n<h1><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Julie\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<p>HEHEHE. We have to laugh at life. \u00a0I know it helps me! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bphope.com\/bipolar-stories-video-blog\/video-bipolar-disorder-and-time-change-sleep-and-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch my Bp Magazine video on Bipolar Disorder, Travel and Sleep.<\/a> I believe in you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7980.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9499 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7980-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7980\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7980-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7980-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7980-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7980-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7980-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9498 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7537\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7537-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9497 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7524\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7524-e1461144437357-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I move to France on Friday. The mood swings are here as expected, but I&#8217;m plowing through them. I&#8217;m not depressed, but the overwhelm has started. Feeling overwhelmed and anxious can really put a damper on an adventure. I&#8217;m working through it &#8211; literally.<\/p>\n<p>The only way I can deal with feeling overwhelmed is to ask for help and do all I can to get things done. <\/p>\n<p>Here are some pics from my stay in the midlands of beautiful England. I encourage you to keep going- even a small action makes a difference in the bipolar brain.<\/p>\n<p> Julie <\/p>\n<p>HEHEHE. We have to laugh at life. I know it helps me! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bphope.com\/bipolar-stories-video-blog\/video-bipolar-disorder-and-time-change-sleep-and-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch my Bp Magazine video on Bipolar Disorder, Travel and Sleep.<\/a> I believe in you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7980.jpg\"><img <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-overwhelmed-but-taking-action-anyway\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/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\/9496"}],"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=9496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11159,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9496\/revisions\/11159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}