Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder » Triggers http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog by Julie A. Fast Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:58:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2006-2007 juliethewriter@speakeasy.net (Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder) juliethewriter@speakeasy.net (Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder) posts Learn about bipolar disorder, it's symptoms, side effects and how to create stability Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder juliethewriter@speakeasy.net No no http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog 144 144 Bipolar Mood Swings are so ridiculous.. http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-mood-swings-are-so-ridiculous/ http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-mood-swings-are-so-ridiculous/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:00 +0000 Admin http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/2009/03/02/bipolar-mood-swings-are-so-ridiculous/ I mean that! They literally make no sense.

I just finished a book proposal for my next book. It was a huge undertaking and I was literally elated when I hit the send button on my email.

 In the past, I would get depressed when I finished a large project. This time, I was even happy the [...] Related posts:

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Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-disorder-triggers-dont-do-the-things-that-make-you-feel-bad/feed/ 0 Football Players and Trouble: ‘I’d never put myself in that position.’ http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/football-players-and-trouble-i%e2%80%99d-never-put-myself-in-that-position-2/ http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/football-players-and-trouble-i%e2%80%99d-never-put-myself-in-that-position-2/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:46:07 +0000 Admin http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/2008/09/07/football-players-and-trouble-i%e2%80%99d-never-put-myself-in-that-position-2/ I heard a person say this at a restaurant the other day. “I’d never put myself in the position.”

What a concept!

If we don’t put ourselves in certain situations, then we can’t have the bad outcomes that often come with the location/person we chose to be with/or dodgy situation /etc.

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Julie, was your plan to adjust your sleep schedule a week ahead of time successful?  My BP husband must travel from the West coast to East next month and I have been frantically searching for ways to help him do this without becoming ill.  Thank you in advance [...] Related posts:

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I just finished an article on bipolar disorder triggers for my column in BP Magazine.

I was going through some serious trigger issues when I wrote it! Do you write things down when you’re sick? I find it helps. I can often see my role in what’s going on if I write about what [...] Related posts:

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- Dating - Unrealistic deadlines - Troublesome people - Moods of others - Sleep disturbances such as a party next to my house - Travel

I don’t date. I give myself time to get things done- this is always a challenge. I say goodbye instead of hello to people who want to make me miserable. I gauge the moods [...] Related posts:

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