{"id":9660,"date":"2016-09-08T20:52:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T03:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=9660"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:06","slug":"9660-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/9660-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar, A Day in the Life of &#8230;. Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN-.jpg\" alt=\"sirin\" width=\"380\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN-.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN--238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN--119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a>A day in the life of me&#8230;. All I want to do is write. I want to finish my books, write my Bp Magazine and Psychology Today blogs. I want to make my videos, see my friends and family and get on with life.<\/p>\n<p>Bipolar disorder DOESN&#8217;T CARE about any of this.<\/p>\n<p>Bipolar disorder is a very complex illness with incredibly intricate symptoms that weaves its way into every fiber of my being.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Today was a challenge and sometimes when it gets time for bed, all I can do is say thank heavens I made it through another day of this rotten illness.<\/p>\n<p>I am saying thank you now simply because this is my policy. I am thankful I have a management plan that works. Otherwise, today would have been a @#$! storm.<\/p>\n<p>I am thankful for my mother and nephew. They understand me.<\/p>\n<p>I am thankful I have clients who can deal with my emails being a bit late. Bipolar never affects the quality of my work, but it affects my ability to answer email. Go figure!<\/p>\n<p>I am thankful this kind of day isn&#8217;t every day anymore. For many years, my life was all bipolar. All of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Now, my life is much better! Today was an aberration.<\/p>\n<p>I can live with a day of bipolar.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, you better watch out because I&#8217;m going to get things done!<\/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\/SIRIN-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN-.jpg\" alt=\"sirin\" width=\"380\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN-.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN--238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIRIN--119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a>A day in the life of me&#8230;. All I want to do is write. I want to finish my books, write my Bp Magazine and Psychology Today blogs. I want to make my videos, see my friends and family and get on with life.<\/p>\n<p>Bipolar disorder DOESN&#8217;T CARE about any of this.<\/p>\n<p>Bipolar disorder is a very complex illness with incredibly intricate symptoms that weaves its way into every fiber of my being.<\/p>\n<p>Today was a challenge and sometimes when it gets time for bed, all I can do is say thank heavens I made it through another day of this rotten illness.<\/p>\n<p>I am saying thank you now simply because this is my policy. I am thankful I have a management plan that works. Otherwise, today would have been a @#$! storm.<\/p>\n<p>I am <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/9660-2\/\">[ 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\/9660"}],"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=9660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11142,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions\/11142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}