=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <= Hi, How are you? I hope you are going to have a
great day today.

I have a really important lesson about
bipolar disorder today.

I am going to the library today to
do some research. I am going to my third
favorite library because well I have to
get a new cell phone and it’s by my
third favorite library.

It’s such a pain because I am going to
be gone for a long time today so that
means I have to bring like 3 to 4 meals
with me and a whole bunch of water. I
also have to bring a blender.

You know when you head into the library with
a blender people think there is something
wrong with you 🙂

If you want to clear a room fast, come
in with a blender, water, a big cooler
and some napkins and well people will
move away. You will have lots of space.

I am happy to report however my new eating
plan is working out perfectly. I am perfectly
on tracking with gaining just the right amount
of weight each week.

Yesterday I was at my Godchild’s
Christening.

I was talking to Rob her father.

It’s funny when I talk to my friend Rob
who is Anna’s father about how he is
doing.

He always says, “Other than the fact
that I haven’t slept since the day Anna
was born and I feel like I am going to
collapse any day now and never wake up,
I am doing great.”

Rob’s a new father. When I talk to him
sometimes he sounds so tired. He once
said to me that he is sure that women
are stronger than men because he can
only do half of what is wife does and
she never looks like she is going to
collapse.

It really makes me laugh. His wife says
he exaggerates 🙂

I have a funny story. One day one
person in the gym who is younger said
“Hey Rob, what’s it like to have a kid?
How did you know what to do? How did
you figure it all out?”

NOTE-This person in the gym asks a whole
lot of questions. Whole lot doesn’t even
really describe how many. He asks tons.
He is like 23 or something. He has been asking
questions for years, and years and years.

Over the years he has asked for:

-Exact scripts to ask girls out. He asked every woman
who worked at the front desk of the gym for DETAILED
suggestions of what he should say to ask someone
out of a date. DETAILED. Like “write it down for
me I have a bad memory.”

This is so funny, I have to tell you this story.
Once this person asked this girl and I quote:

“What kind of activities do you enjoy?”

The girl was like 20 years old. Who the heck
says this to someone that young? Who uses
the words “enjoy” with activities?

When I asked him why he said this he said he
got it from a book and he memorized various
scripts.

Anyway, when someone says no if he asks
them out, he would ask the girls at the front desk (at
the gym) why they thought the person said no. He would
rehash the entire story in as one girl words, “In so
much XXXXX detail it made me want to shoot myself.” I had
to put XXXXX because the girl said bad words that
I can’t type 🙂

-EXACTLY what a 401k is, how it works, why
it works, how to invest in them. He asked
one guy who did m.oney management for a complete
breakdown.

-How to buy a house from a to z (the person he
asked spent about 4 hours explaining it all to
him)

-How to get a good job

-How to save enough money for retirement in
great detail (he was looking for a comprehensive
a to z plan).

-Every mistake that I made in my life explained
so he would not make the same ones.

-The complete costs of having one kid, two kids
and three kids and if having more than one kid
saved money.

I could go on but you get the idea. He’s an odd
person.

So before Anna was born, he went up to Rob and
said, “Hey dude, I heard you are having a kid.”

Then he fired off questions like:

-How do you know how to have a kid
NOTE-Rob asked him if he attended health class
where they have the birds and the bees “talk.”
I don’t think this person wanted to know the
how but rather more of the how do you get
prepared 🙂

-How do you know much it’s going to cost?

-Do you have a plan for being able to afford your baby?

-What are the best diapers to buy that are the most
effective but least expensive?

-How many kids are you going to have. How do
you figure out the right amount?

-What are you going to name her?

-Are names really important?

-How do you pick a name?

-Can you rename her after you already gave your baby a name
if you feel the name isn’t that good?

-Who is going to watch her when you guys are working?

-How are you going to do to afford diapers?

-Will your dogs like your baby?

-What will you do if your dogs don’t like your baby?

Etc.

I actually think he may have some kind of disorder
or something. He is just so darn strange. I already told
him he has a max limitation of ONE question with me
per day and that’s it. He use to ask me like 40.

The final question he asked was the most funny:

“Do you think your life is over since you are having
a kid. I heard that from some people…Oh maybe I read
that in a magazine or saw it on TV.” That’s his words
not mine.

Rob looked like he was going to explode. He told
this person to stop asking questions.

And he said, “Look, I don’t know. You just jump in
and we’ll figure it all out. We will learn as we go.
Leave me alone!”

Then Rob said, “Dude your freaking me out. Get
away.”

Then Rob made fun of him saying that he will never
have a girl friend because he’ll never be able to
map it all out ahead time. He said, “you won’t
have to worry about kids because you won’t
be able to plan every single thing that goes
along with asking someone out which leads
to getting married which can lead to having
kids.”

Rob said that if he thought it all through
and tried to figure it all out, he would never
had any kids and it can’t work that way.

What’s this have to do with bipolar disorder?

A lot.

The concept of just jump in works for bipolar disorder
as well.

There’s no questions with bipolar disorder you are overwhelmed
with problems if you are a bipolar supporter. You have tons
of problems. There are tons of unanswered questions.

When I first started with my mom, there were TONS of problems.
I mean TONS.

In my courses/systems below:

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

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

You see the list of problems I had. Now here’s the
thing I have a solution for virtually every problem
but here’s the key thing.

I didn’t come up with this all in one day. It took
almost a year. As a matter of fact we update the courses
all the time so it’s always getting better and better.

When I started, I just jumped in and did what I could.
I fixed what problem that I could. I made lists of the
biggest problems. I tried to prioritize. I then
had to change the priorities as I learned more.

I had little successes. One was just listing
all my mom’s bill on paper. That was a little
success. I felt great at least having all the bills
in one place and knowing the total amount.

I got her in the hospital. That was a bigger
success.

I discovered she needed a therapist. She needed
a new doctor. Those were all successes. It seems
like know big deal but remember at the time, I didn’t
know there were good and bad doctors. I didn’t know
she needed a therapist. I didn’t know anything.

Each time I learned just the simplest things it
enabled me to build on it creating more and more
success.

The truth is, I just jumped in when I started. I didn’t
have it all mapped out. I didn’t have it all figured
out. You won’t either probably.

You just have to jump in just like Rob tells me
when it comes to parenting. He says that he is
a better parent this week than last week. He
gets better and better but he never would have
been able to figure it all out in advance.

I didn’t even know how to hold a baby when I first
saw Anna. Rob’s wife said I held her like a football.
I didn’t want to drop her. Then someone taught me
about the old put your elbow on the couch trick
and that made things much easier. Now I am an expert
at holding babies. Okay not really. But good. At
first I had no clue but I got better.

Remember this when you are dealing with all aspects
of bipolar disorder. It will be rough at first
but it will get better. You just have to jump in
and get started. Take action today.

If you are down today, think about my friend that
asks one million questions to anyone and everyone
this. That should make you laugh. The funny
thing is, he doesn’t even know it’s wrong
to do.

Hey, I have to run. Catch you tomorrow.

Your Friend,

Dave

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