Hi,

Happy Easter if you celebrate it.

I hope you’re having a good day.

I was talking to someone yesterday about the days when I use to own a landscape business. This was when I was really young.

I was telling the person how we had a lot of jobs for pruning bushes.

Actually when I grew up, but I used to live in a neighborhood where we had this neighbor who was always pruning their bushes!

Every time I turned around, there they were, pruning their bushes!

I couldn’t understand it, because I mowed lawns, and you didn’t need to do that all the time.

But it seemed to me like this neighbor was pruning their bushes even when they didn’t seem to need it!

The reason why I thought of the neighbor was because I was talking to the person about my landscape business.

Who knows how I think : )

But I do know what it has to do with bipolar disorder.

Pruning…

You do need to “prune back the bush” when you’re dealing with bipolar disorder.

You need to keep what works for you and get rid of what doesn’t work.

For example, I heard someone talking at support group that at one time part of her treatment was massage therapy, but she doesn’t do that any more because it stopped working for her.

See what I’m talking about?

She “pruned back” on her massage therapy.

You might be doing something like that –

Say, doing some form of exercise that you’re enjoying today, but you might want to try a different form of exercise tomorrow, so you would “prune back” on the exercise you’re doing now.

Or (if you live someplace like I do, where the snow won’t go away!) it may be too cold to go outside and walk so you’re doing some inside form of exercise now, you may prune back that winter exercise in favor of walking
outside come Spring.

What if you’re not eating right?

You might want to prune back on some of the wrong foods you’re eating in favor of a more healthy diet.

If you’re watching too much TV, you might want to prune back some of that time to do some more productive things (notice I only said “some” of that time – you still need some time to relax
as part of your routine – I’m not saying all TV is necessarily bad).

If you’re sleeping too much, you might want to prune back some of that time and get out of bed more and do more things.

BUT…

There is one thing you should NEVER…

EVER…

…prune back on…

And that is your medications.

You should ALWAYS continue to take your medications, EVERY DAY, as prescribed by your doctor or psychiatrist.

If you don’t, you won’t get better and/or continue to be stable with your bipolar disorder.

People who go off their medications or don’t take their medications run a fatal risk. And I know I talk about this in my courses/systems, and I know I’m always preaching about this, but it really is that important for you to know this information!
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You can prune back on a lot of things, but NEVER prune back on your medications – they just might be saving your life!

If you’re seeing your therapist every single week, but feel as if you might be ready to go to an every other week basis, and your therapist feels the same way, you can prune back your visits a little bit.

If there are things that stress you, those are things that you should prune back on.
If there are certain situations that make you nervous or anxious, those situations you should prune back on being in.

Take a lesson from my old neighbor who pruned their bushes.

Prune away the things you don’t need, and keep the things that help you get better.

David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide “Bipolar Disorder—The REAL Silent Killer.” Click Here to get FREE Information sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.