{"id":9734,"date":"2016-10-17T00:11:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T07:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=9734"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:56:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:56:05","slug":"it-helps-to-find-something-you-love-to-do-with-people-you-like-to-talk-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/it-helps-to-find-something-you-love-to-do-with-people-you-like-to-talk-to\/","title":{"rendered":"It helps to find something you love to do with people you like to talk to&#8230;&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul.jpg\" alt=\"ronaldo-raul\" width=\"220\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul-103x150.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>When I was depressed for so many years I tried constantly to find people to hang out with and watch sports. American football was actually very hard as there was usually a &#8216;discussion&#8217; regarding what game would be on what TV and which one would have sound. The bartender always controlled the remote in a way I found stressful. Now I have found what I was looking for- I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t quit. I found a soccer community to watch my favorite sport: European football. There are many reasons to love this game. I love the camaraderie and the room filled with guys in soccer jerseys. There are other reasons to like soccer as well. It&#8217;s essential that those of us with bipolar disorder find a place to go when we are down and people to talk to when we are lonely.<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/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\/ronaldo-raul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul.jpg\" alt=\"ronaldo-raul\" width=\"220\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ronaldo-raul-103x150.jpg 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>When I was depressed for so many years I tried constantly to find people to hang out with and watch sports. American football was actually very hard as there was usually a &#8216;discussion&#8217; regarding what game would be on what TV and which one would have sound. The bartender always controlled the remote in a way I found stressful. Now I have found what I was looking for- I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t quit. I found a soccer community to watch my favorite sport: European football. There are many reasons to love this game. I love the camaraderie and the room filled with guys in soccer jerseys. There are other reasons to like soccer as well. It&#8217;s essential that those of us with bipolar disorder find a place to go when we are down and people to talk to when we are lonely.<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p><!-- 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\/9734"}],"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=9734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11130,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9734\/revisions\/11130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}