{"id":1794,"date":"2017-11-01T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2017-11-01T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T15:09:10","slug":"focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/?p=1794","title":{"rendered":"Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Razor sharp focus. That\u2019s where I\u2019m at. I\u2019m still making lots of lists. They really help. It stops me forgetting things and it\u2019s good ticking things off. I\u2019m on the ball again after almost a decade. Being able to form plans is quite a amazing feeling. \u00a0Anyone who\u2019s lost in their own mind I want you to know it does stop and you can come out of it. Bipolar is episodic and doesn\u2019t have to be one long episode. \u00a0Take all of the help you can get. Be honest with yourself and your mental health team. Get counselling and try your hardest to make it all work. \u00a0If you feel overmedicated then bring it up with your team. \u00a0Mental pain can pass even if it\u2019s only for brief times. Hold onto those times. Write everything down. Make plans and goals for each day, week and month. Start with something really simple likenot drinking coffee after 4pm or not drinking alcohol for one day. Start small and watch your progress. If you fail then keep trying and don\u2019t beat yourself up over it. \u00a0Keep moving forwards. \u00a0Try to know yourself and be honest with yourself. Try getting out in nature if and when you can. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019m still off (anti) social media and have deleted the Facebook and Facebook messenger apps from my phone. I even put my phone and iPad out of reach at times so I can focus better. \u00a0 \u00a0It\u2019s all good.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Razor sharp focus. That\u2019s where I\u2019m at. I\u2019m still making lots of lists. They really help. It stops me forgetting things and it\u2019s good ticking things off. I\u2019m on the ball again after almost a decade. Being able to form plans is quite a amazing feeling. \u00a0Anyone who\u2019s lost in their own mind I want … Continue reading Focus<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1795,"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794\/revisions\/1795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebipolarbuilder.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}