{"id":9526,"date":"2016-06-11T00:26:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T07:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=9526"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:46","slug":"bipolar-disorder-and-work-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-work-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder and Work Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson.jpg\" alt=\"tl_polaroid_august_wilson\" width=\"287\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson-135x150.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>Work and Bipolar Disorder. ARGGGGG&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am out of my depression, but my work issues remain. Who the heck has panic attacks from looking at email? This illness is DUMB. We can&#8217;t explain it in regular terms.<\/p>\n<p>The only way I can deal with what happens to me is to see it in the context of bipolar disorder. For example, being able to coach for hours with no problems regarding life and death situations and then not being able to open an email because I can&#8217;t breathe is about mental illness.\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">It&#8217;s not about the regular world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>In the regular world this is bizarre- it makes no sense.<\/p>\n<p>But if I remember that I have a very severe mental illness that affects my life in almost every moment, it makes sense that I will struggle the way I do around the administrative side of my work.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s my life goal to figure out my working dilemma. I love to work. I love writing and coaching and don&#8217;t want this illness to stop me from doing what I love.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the quality of my work is not affected by bipolar disorder, but that my ability to sit down and do the work is greatly affected is a nut I&#8217;m going to CRACK.<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson.jpg\" alt=\"tl_polaroid_august_wilson\" width=\"287\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tl_polaroid_august_wilson-135x150.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>Work and Bipolar Disorder. ARGGGGG&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am out of my depression, but my work issues remain. Who the heck has panic attacks from looking at email? This illness is DUMB. We can&#8217;t explain it in regular terms.<\/p>\n<p>The only way I can deal with what happens to me is to see it in the context of bipolar disorder. For example, being able to coach for hours with no problems regarding life and death situations and then not being able to open an email because I can&#8217;t breathe is about mental illness. It&#8217;s not about the regular world. <\/p>\n<p>In the regular world this is bizarre- it makes no sense.<\/p>\n<p>But if I remember that I have a very severe mental illness that affects my life in almost every moment, it makes sense that I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-and-work-anxiety\/\">[ 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\/9526"}],"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=9526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11157,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9526\/revisions\/11157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}