Hi,

My friends just got a new dog. It’s a puppy, actually. They got it from the Animal Shelter. That’s the best place to get a dog, in my opinion, because it seems that all they ask for is just a whole lot of love. But it’s so easy to please a dog, when you think about it. Really, think about being a dog. You get up. You eat. You play. You go to the bathroom. You play some more. You nap. Repeat above. All day long. Do you worry? No. Do you stress? No. Do you fight? No. It’s a dog’s life, I’m telling you!

Wouldn’t it be great if we all lived life that way? I think we should all take a lesson from my

friend’s new dog. A dog exists to love and be loved. To get its basic needs met. To enjoy playing and relaxing. And that’s it! If your loved one did that, they wouldn’t go into bipolar episodes, would they? And if you did that, you wouldn’t be a stressed out bipolar supporter, would you? If we all did those three things, we’d all be a lot happier, I think. Actually, it could be a blueprint for happiness! Maybe that’s why there’s so many happy dogs in this world, you think? LOL

Here’s the thing…Your loved one needs to get back to the basics. Just like I was saying about the dog. (Not to compare your loved one to a dog) They do need to get their basic needs met.

They do need to love and be loved. And they need to “play” and relax. In other words, they do need to be productive, but they also need to have fun in their life, and they need to have a time for relaxation as well. They need to have a balanced life in order to get stabilized with their bipolar disorder.

But it’s about getting back to the simple things. Because a lot of people with bipolar disorder

end up going into bipolar episodes because they complicate things, they complicate their lives.

For example…I know a woman who enjoys cooking and baking. Which, in and of itself is NOT a bad thing, for sure. But it gets out of hand for her when she complicates it, when she does too much of it, because it leads to a manic episode for her. So she just needs to keep it simple and not do too much, and then she can avoid that manic episode. In other words…She needs to live a dog’s life!

Well, I have to go!

Your Friend,

Dave