Instead of focusing on what you did wrong, focus on what you learned!
Many mistakes are made because of bipolar disorder, but once you learn to manage the illness more successfully, the mistakes are less serious and the behavior caused by the illness can be modified and ultimately ended.
Wow, that is a long sentence, but I’ve [...]
My friend Marian just said,
“The mind is a wonderful servant and a terrible master.”
I think that those of us affected by bipolar disorder can all agree with that!
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Here is a reader question from my blog on respect in relationships:
Hey Julie!
Here’s a terrible question. What if the person who is not treating you with love and respect is your husband of 16 years? My friends comment on how he treats me. He’s not a complete ogre – just mostly. But I’m afraid [...]
I just received this bipolarhappens.com blog reader question from Melissa. I started to write a response and then thought- wait a minute! This would make a great question for the podcast. So, here is the question and the podcast at the end has my answer:
My prescriber and therapist contend that my lifestyle is the root [...]
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I’m here in my office using all the ideas I can think of from my books! I have an article due- it’s going well- but getting the work done is literally physically painful! My brain feels like it’s going to explode and my body is very uncomfortable- it’s a mild form of dysphoric mania where [...]
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