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Hi,

How’s it going?

I am sending this daily email really early
today because I have a whole lot of things
to do today.

I have a very important lesson and
warning to tell you about bipolar
disorder that relates to how I got
ran off the road yesterday. Well
almost.

Before I get started, I wrote yesterday
that my friend Rob and Marie had a baby
girl and her name is Anna.

Actually I wrote that Rob had the baby
and I quickly had a bunch of people
writing me reminding me that it’s the
woman who has the baby :). That
is 100% correct!

Also, many people asked what her name was
and that’s it in case you wanted to know.

Yesterday was a super hectic day.

I had to head over the hospital
and spend some time with them.

Actually she had the baby in the same
hospital that my mom went to in her
last major bipolar episode.

Actually let’s talk about that really
quick. Some people believe that mental health
facilities are like prisons and look
really dirty and dingy. That’s what
I thought as well.

But I was shocked when I went to see
my mom when she was there. It was like
she was in a vacation hotel. It was really
nice.

These days, there are many facilities
that look nice and the people treat
you well.

So don’t be afraid if you have to go
into the hospital for a check up
or tune up for your bipolar disorder.

On that note, there is someone who is
selling a book on bipolar disorder that
basically says that the entire mental
health system doesn’t care about
people with a mental illness.

This is TOTALLY untrue. There are certain
people that don’t care about people
with a mental illness but not the
entire system.

I make it a point to teach in my systems/
courses below:

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarsupporter.com/report11

SUPPORTING A CHILD/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.bipolarparenting.com

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http://www.survivebipolar.net

to teach how to find great doctors
and therapists for bipolar disorder.
I even teach how to sort through
hundreds of them very quickly and
have them contact you letting
you know they are fully qualified.

I get annoyed when people write stuff
that is full of sweeping generalizations–
like all people in mental health don’t
care about those with bipolar disorder.

That’s not true. But it is true you have
to find the ones that will help you
and avoid the bad people and places. BUT
saying everyone and everything related
to mental health is bad is not right.

Now on to the story.

So yesterday I went to the hospital to see
Rob and Marie.

Then I had to leave around 5:30 to go to my
meeting.

I was driving on the highway and BANG! Guess
what? There was dead stopped traffic. Why?
Well New Jersey is full of dead stopped
traffic. New Jersey’s traffic is a joke.
No matter what time you leave there is traffic.
I was in an area there isn’t suppose to be traffic
and there was traffic.

So then after like 20 minutes we were driving
really slow and there was someone who had
an accident. Everyone had to watch and look
which created the traffic.

So then we started driving faster. I was
driving along and someone was driving
right behind me. I am talking like a foot
or so away. I couldn’t believe it. They almost
hit me from behind.

So I pulled over and then this person tried
to pull over in my lane so I wound up driving
in the shoulder and almost spinning off into the
grass.

I got run off the road. It was strange. I think
the person was talking on his cell phone and
not paying attention.

I was so mad.

I then slowed down and didn’t want to be anywhere
near this person. I was SUPER MAD at how this
person was driving.

So I wound up getting to my meeting late but
it started late so I was okay. I was so mad
about being run off the road that it was a little
tough to concentrate.

At the meeting, I was going to hear a speaker
talk about a number of different important
business strategies I have to learn for this
entire bipolar organization.

The speaker was super smart but he was dispensing
information at a rapid rate. Eventually I was totally
lost. He was telling us so much information I thought
my head was going to explode.

He was saying all these things and I couldn’t
follow. I was trying to take notes but I missed
a number of things.

At the end, I went up to him and said he was
super smart but it was hard to follow and I feel
like I missed so much.

He said to me, “Don’t worry about it, it took
me a while to learn this and you will learn it
incrementally overtime not in one night.”

Then I thought about something. It hit me.
It’s the same with bipolar disorder.

I get some many people with bipolar disorder
that are overwhelmed from it all. Maybe a loved
one tried to hit them or did something
really bad as well. So they are kind of thinking
of that at the same time they are trying
to figure out what’s the next step or
trying to figure out what kind of treatment
plan will be required.

So they wind up missing information and
start to feel behind.

Has this ever happen to you? It’s similar
to my situation of being run off the road.
I then went to the meeting annoyed and not
focused and then it was hard to follow along
with the information.

What’s the solution to this with bipolar disorder?
It’s to learn incrementally over time and realize
you won’t learn it all in a day.

When you get my systems and courses, you should
go through it many times. You should read these
daily emails. You should listen to my podcasts.
If you keep doing this over time, you’ll really
get it.

It takes time. After incremental learning, you’ll
really get it and it will become second nature.

This is the exact approach I am going to take
with the new business stuff that I am going to learn.

With bipolar disorder, if you don’t get something,
ask someone for help. Keep asking. You can ask
me. You can use my fr.ee consultation certificates
that come with my courses/systems.

You can ask the doctor. You can ask the therapist.
Doesn’t this make sense?

Don’t expect to learn everything right away in
a short period of time. Don’t put that pressure
on yourself. And remember bipolar disorder is
traumatic for both bipolar supporters and bipolar
survivors. Sometimes it will be difficult to learn
and think and you might not “get it” like you want
to and you just have to learn the next day or the
next week. Just do your best.

Does this make sense?

I hope so.

Well I have to take off. I’ll catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each one is designed
to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether
you have it or you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/catalog.asp

P.P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails
that I have sent in the past and lots of great
information for you:
http://www.bipolarcentral.com/supporterblog/

P.P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give
mini seminars designed to teach you information
you can’t learn anywhere else.
http://bipolarcentral.libsyn.com