{"id":1937,"date":"2009-07-06T09:37:48","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T13:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2009-07-06T09:38:16","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T13:38:16","slug":"bipolar-disorder-dont-do-this-with-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-dont-do-this-with-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder?  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Don&#8217;t make the mistake of Don&#8217;t make the mistake of making bipolar disorder the only focus of your lives.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much more to it than that.<\/p>\n<p>You should share some common interests.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy doing the same things.<\/p>\n<p>I know a couple who when they were dating, used to go to their favorite restaurant and eat strawberry shortcake and drink coffee and talk or hours, and despite the bipolar disorder, they still do it!<\/p>\n<p>What was your favorite thing to do when you were first dating?<\/p>\n<p>Do it again!<\/p>\n<p>Spend time with your children.<\/p>\n<p>Or even grandchildren, if you have them.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget extended family, either.  Family is important to your loved one&#8217;s stability.<\/p>\n<p>A social life is important, too, so they don&#8217;t isolate, because isolation is a trigger to a bipolar episode.<\/p>\n<p>And it, too, keeps the focus off the bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>And keep fun in your lives!<\/p>\n<p>Try to think of some fun things to do.<\/p>\n<p>Another couple I know enjoys playing board games, so they do that.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t have to be anything fancy or extravagant.<\/p>\n<p>The important thing is that you don&#8217;t make bipolar disorder the focus of your lives.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do to keep the focus off bipolar disorder in your lives?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear some ideas.<\/p>\n<p>I might even put them on here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n<p>I want to warn you today about something important.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something that I see too many supporters do.<\/p>\n<p>They are still making bipolar disorder the main focus of their life.<\/p>\n<p>At first, when your loved one was initially diagnosed and you were learning all you could about bipolar disorder, it was your main focus, and that was ok.<\/p>\n<p>But it still shouldn&#8217;t be the main focus of your life now.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-dont-do-this-with-your-life\/\" class=\"more-link pull-right\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bipolar Disorder? 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