{"id":1258,"date":"2009-03-18T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2009-03-18T09:59:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T13:59:59","slug":"refuse-to-believe-this-about-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/refuse-to-believe-this-about-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Refuse to Believe This About Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <=\n\nHi,\n\nI hope you're having a good day.\n\nI wanted to clear something up. \n\nI am writing these daily mails.\n\nSammy made a post on my blog that\nsaid:\n\n\u201cI was the one that asked the question about \nwhether David was the author of all the daily blogs \nthat are waiting for me each morning.\n\nI was just wanted to be sure that I know the identity \nof the authors that contribute to getting your blog that \nwe read each day. I fully understand that it must require \na tremendous amount of thought to put these out every \nday, and that maybe it would get to the point that the \nwork needed to be shared\u2026\n\nI had just happen to noticed that it says that someone \nwith a different email address, sometimes writes these blogs,\n\u201d on behalf of David Oliver\u201d\n\nOkay so here is the deal. Again, I write all \nthese. I wish it was just so easy to find someone\nto do it all for me. \n\nPeople laugh at me when I tell them I do\nthis every day and generally say, \u201cwow\nI would never want to do that every day.\nWhat if you don\u2019t want to do it?\u201d\n\nAnyway, here\u2019s the deal.\n\nI have hundreds of thousands of people\non my lists now.\n\nPeople are opting or registering via different\nwebsites. As a result they are on different lists.\nSome on the parenting list. Some on the \nlist for people who have bipolar disorder. Some on \nthe list for those supporting adults with bipolar\ndisorder. Etc. To organize it all, we have\ndifferent email addresses that go along\nwith the list name. For example bpsurvior\nis a list for those with bipolar disorder. Bpsupporter\nis a list for those supporting people who are\nadults with bipolar disorder.\n\nWith all these emails lists some are sent on\nwhat\u2019s called a shared email server. Some\nare sent on an email server that I own\nwhich was a huge investment.\n\nSome email systems will say sent\nfrom \u201con behalf of .\u201d In
\nthis case, it\u2019s my name because I own
\nthe list. For another person who has a list
\nof let\u2019s say people interested in hiking
\nit would sent on behalf of them.<\/p>\n

The company that generally does that
\nis called aweber because they have
\nshared email systems. With my
\nother system, I own the email server
\nso it says \u201cfrom David Oliver.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shared systems have thousand other people using
\nthe service.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s the deal. It\u2019s VERY confusing
\nand doesn\u2019t make much sense. But that\u2019s
\nthe deal : )<\/p>\n

I think that aweber use to just say from David Oliver
\nbut then they switched to the entire \u201con behalf\u201d
\nthing you may see.<\/p>\n

Hope that clears up the mystery.<\/p>\n

You know what? I never wanted to learn
\nall this tech stuff and I was forced into it.<\/p>\n

Okay, Remember when you were little and
\nyou were always scared of the boogie man? <\/p>\n

We all were.<\/p>\n

Why were we so scared, though?<\/p>\n

Because we’re afraid of things we can’t
\nsee.<\/p>\n

We’re afraid of things we don’t understand.<\/p>\n

Like STIGMA.<\/p>\n

The stigma of bipolar disorder is like the
\nboogie man because when you’re growing
\nup, you’re taught to fear things you don’t
\nunderstand, to fear things that you can’t see
\nor don’t understand. <\/p>\n

When people can’t see mental illness, they
\nfear it. It’s taught to them from childhood. <\/p>\n

So what we’ve got to do is educate people
\nto let them know that the boogie man isn’t
\nso scary.<\/p>\n

That’s one of the best ways we can fight
\nstigma.<\/p>\n

But you need to refuse to believe this about
\nbipolar disorder \u2013<\/p>\n

That the stigma makes you a lesser person.<\/p>\n

Don’t believe the stigma, and you won’t be
\na victim of it.<\/p>\n

Change the way you see yourself, and
\nothers will change the way they see you
\n(you will no longer be a victim).<\/p>\n

See what I mean?<\/p>\n

Stigma is a perception of someone else’s
\nstate of mind. Someone else cannot make
\nyou feel inferior because of their feelings. <\/p>\n

By you knowing who you are, what you
\nare capable of, what they believe is their
\nown problem, not yours.<\/p>\n

You’ve got to look at the person first
\nbefore you look at the symptoms, before
\nyou look at the illness. If someone isn’t
\ncapable of that, that’s not your problem,
\nand you shouldn’t allow them to affect
\nyou in a manner that’s going to prove
\nthem right.<\/p>\n

I talk about stigma in my courses\/systems,
\nnot because I want to, because I really wish
\nwe didn’t have to deal with it, but because
\nit’s a part of our society that we have to live
\nwith, until we educate enough people about
\nbipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

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\nVisit:
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\nVisit:
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The way you view yourself should not
\nbe dependent upon the way others
\nview you, anyway. <\/p>\n

Here’s a perfect scenario: <\/p>\n

If you see someone in a wheelchair,
\nhow do you feel? Do you feel sorry
\nfor them? Do you have pity on them?
\nDo they want you to have pity on them?
\nOr do they want to feel the same as you are?<\/p>\n

Having bipolar disorder is like being that
\nperson in the wheelchair. You want
\npeople to see through the outside to the
\nperson you are inside. You want people
\nto see that, like the person in the wheelchair,
\nyou are like them. They just can’t see the
\npart of your body where your illness lies.<\/p>\n

Even though our background and
\ncircumstances may have influenced who
\nwe are, we are still responsible for who
\nwe become. It is your choice whether
\nyou are seen as a victim of stigma or not.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I’m talking about. It’s a
\nquote from a Jewish man named Victor
\nFrankl, who was a prisoner in a
\nconcentration camp.<\/p>\n

“Everything can be taken from a man
\nbut one thing: the last of the human
\nfreedoms \u2013 to choose one’s attitude
\nin any given set of circumstances,
\nto choose one’s own way.”<\/p>\n

Now, if anyone could have chosen to
\nbe a victim of stigma, it would have
\nbeen Frankl, yet he chose what he wrote.<\/p>\n

You have to know that you don’t
\nhave to be a victim of stigma, and
\nyou cannot allow yourself to be one.
\nLike Frankl, you can choose your own
\nattitude about it.<\/p>\n

You can choose to be a role model
\nfor other people with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

You can choose to educate those
\npeople who are still scared, who don’t
\nunderstand.<\/p>\n

You can choose to help other people
\nwith the disorder stand up for themselves
\nso that they aren’t victims, either.<\/p>\n

To succeed where in the past you may
\nhave failed, to be stable when you weren’t
\nbefore, gives you the confidence to look
\nsomeone in the eye and say, “You’re wrong.” <\/p>\n

Success with bipolar disorder means
\nto prove them wrong about
\nyou \u2013 that you are not a victim,
\nbut a survivor.<\/p>\n

FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ME
\nVisit: http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, I have to go!<\/p>\n

Your Friend,<\/p>\n

Dave<\/p>\n

===>> Great Resources For You <===\n\nGet Your Own Subscription To This Newsletter\nWant your own copy of these daily bipolar\nemails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:\nhttp:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/register3<\/a><\/p>\n

Get More Help On Bipolar Disorder
\nDon’t forget to take a look through the
\ndifferent programs I’ve put together… each
\none is designed to help you with a different
\narea of bipolar disorder whether you have it or
\nyou are supporting someone with it.
\nYou can see them all and get the details by visiting:
\nhttp:\/\/www.bipolarcentralcatalog.com<\/a><\/p>\n

View Past Daily Bipolar Emails For F.REE
\nCheck out my F.ree blog with copies of emails
\nthat I have sent in the past and lots of great
\ninformation for you:
\nhttp:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nCheck out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give
\nmini seminars designed to teach you information
\nyou can’t learn anywhere else.
\nhttp:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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