{"id":2317,"date":"2009-11-16T09:20:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T13:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2009-11-16T09:20:53","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T13:20:53","slug":"bipolar-disorder-%e2%80%93-feeling-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-%e2%80%93-feeling-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder \u2013 Feeling Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>How are you?<\/p>\n<p>I hope this is a good day for you.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s flu season, and a lot of people are getting sick.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it&#8217;s that time of the year that places give out flu shots.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the reminder to stay healthy is all around us at this time.<\/p>\n<p>When I have even one person who works for me get sick, it throws a monkey wrench into<\/p>\n<p>the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p>Then she falls behind in her work, because she was sick.<\/p>\n<p>Not that I would blame anyone for getting sick, don&#8217;t think I would ever do that.<\/p>\n<p>But the flu does happen, and you have to deal with it if you get sick.<\/p>\n<p>But if you are feeling bad emotionally, that&#8217;s a different story.<\/p>\n<p>In my courses\/systems, I talk about how mood swings affect how you feel about yourself.<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/p>\n<p>Visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11\">http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/p>\n<p>Visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com\">http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/p>\n<p>Visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net\">http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But you have a big say-so in it too.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe part of the fault of moodiness can be blamed on bipolar disorder, but not all of it.<\/p>\n<p>Some of it has to do with your attitude.<\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t it seem like positive people don&#8217;t get sick as often as negative people?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I don&#8217;t know if there&#8217;s any truth to that, but I do know that your best bet to not feel bad<\/p>\n<p>emotionally or with your bipolar disorder is to have a positive attitude.<\/p>\n<p>You know you can&#8217;t change the fact that you or your loved one has bipolar disorder, but you don\u2019t have to let it ruin your life.<\/p>\n<p>You can still (and should still) do things that make you feel good.<\/p>\n<p>What things do you enjoy?<\/p>\n<p>Watching movies or DVDs?<\/p>\n<p>Having family close to you?<\/p>\n<p>Hobbies?<\/p>\n<p>A job or volunteer work?<\/p>\n<p>About that last thing, I have an important point to make.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t just me talking \u2013<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gotten tons of email from both supporters and survivors who say their life took on greater<\/p>\n<p>meaning when they started doing volunteer work.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone loves to be needed.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteering also takes your mind off yourself and your problems, and puts it onto other people.<\/p>\n<p>No time for feeling sorry for yourself when you&#8217;re needed to help others.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re feeling bad, like a zombie (common bipolar complaint) \u2013<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re tired all the time, it may be your diet, or something physical, so you should check with your doctor.<\/p>\n<p>But if you feel like a zombie, (and as long as you&#8217;re getting enough good sleep), it could be medication related.<\/p>\n<p>Again, check with your doctor \u2013 he may need to adjust the dosage of your medications.<\/p>\n<p>If you are just feeling bored, well, I say that&#8217;s your own fault.<\/p>\n<p>Because I know SO many people with bipolar disorder and their supporters who are VERY active!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s something you can control. You don&#8217;t HAVE to feel bad.<\/p>\n<p>Find something to do, something productive, something that makes you feel better.<\/p>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t being honest with your supporter and your support system, you may be feeling bad \u2013<\/p>\n<p>You may feel as if no one understands you.<\/p>\n<p>Again, that would be your fault, because you can&#8217;t expect other people to be mind-readers.<\/p>\n<p>You need to communicate your needs, thoughts, and feelings to them so that they can be there for you and so they can help.<\/p>\n<p>If you are feeling bad because of financial problems or other sources of stress\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Change the situation.  Work it out, so that you are stress-free and solve your problems.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t just stay still and expect your problems to go away on their own.<\/p>\n<p>And there is no room for self-pity, especially when you&#8217;re helping others.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree or disagree?<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>How are you?<\/p>\n<p>I hope this is a good day for you.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s flu season, and a lot of people are getting sick.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it&#8217;s that time of the year that places give out flu shots.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the reminder to stay healthy is all around us at this time.<\/p>\n<p>When I have even one person who works for me get sick,<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-%e2%80%93-feeling-bad\/\" 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 \u2013 Feeling Bad? - Bipolar Supporter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-disorder-\u2013-feeling-bad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bipolar Disorder \u2013 Feeling Bad? - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How are you? 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