{"id":1711,"date":"2009-05-06T06:52:04","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T10:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2009-05-07T10:12:36","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T14:12:36","slug":"bipolar-do-this-and-youre-wasting-your-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-do-this-and-youre-wasting-your-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar? Do This And You&#8217;re Wasting Your Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I hope this day is a good one for you.<\/p>\n<p>I have to go to a meeting all day today so I need to get going, okay?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk about what&#8217;s going on these days for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>These days lots of people are worrying over all kinds of things.<\/p>\n<p>Is it the end of the world?<\/p>\n<p>Are we in a depression?<\/p>\n<p>Will things get worse?<\/p>\n<p>Are we running out of oil?<\/p>\n<p>Are there going to be any jobs?<\/p>\n<p>And on and on.<\/p>\n<p>I saw an article that says the average person now spends more than 2 hours a day worrying.<\/p>\n<p>This is highly unproductive.<\/p>\n<p>I see with bipolar disorder people worry, too:<\/p>\n<p>Will I go into an episode?<\/p>\n<p>Will my loved one get ill again?<\/p>\n<p>Will a major episode strike?<\/p>\n<p>Will the bipolar medication stop working?<\/p>\n<p>Will things ever get better?<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that this is wasted time.<\/p>\n<p>Worrying is always a waste of your time.<\/p>\n<p>Know why?<\/p>\n<p>Because the things you worry about are things you have no control over.<\/p>\n<p>You should focus on what you can control instead.<\/p>\n<p>You can waste your time worrying about all the things that could go wrong, you could choose to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Or&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You could think about the things that could go wrong and try to have a Plan A, B, and C, but don&#8217;t dwell on all these problems.<\/p>\n<p>Do you see how you have a choice in the way you handle your problems?<\/p>\n<p>I teach problem solving techniques in my courses\/systems:<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11\">http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com\">http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net\">http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a wrong way and a right way to go about it.<\/p>\n<p>The wrong way is like I said in the beginning of this post.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s always something to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>Always.<\/p>\n<p>Just look around you, and you can find something.<\/p>\n<p>Some friends of mine live in a trailer, and it&#8217;s pretty old, so there&#8217;s some things pretty wrong with it, like some plumbing problems.<\/p>\n<p>They live on disability, and they barely can pay their regular bills.<\/p>\n<p>And they probably can&#8217;t get a home loan.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they&#8217;ve got real problems.<\/p>\n<p>So they have a reason to worry.<\/p>\n<p>But are they worried?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because this couple is solution-oriented.<\/p>\n<p>They have a Plan A, B, and C.<\/p>\n<p>First they are going to present the problem to their homeowner&#8217;s insurance.  That&#8217;s plan A.<\/p>\n<p>They are going to the bank anyway, because they figure the worst that can happen is that the bank says no.  That&#8217;s Plan B.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Plan C is that they are going to try to find someone they know who can help them get the work done, so all they have to do is pay for the materials.<\/p>\n<p>Then, if all else fails, they will come up with a Plan D.<\/p>\n<p>Do you see what I&#8217;m talking about?<\/p>\n<p>They aren&#8217;t sitting there just worrying about the problem.<\/p>\n<p>They are looking at ways to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Because they know the problem isn&#8217;t going to just go away by itself.<\/p>\n<p>The problem isn&#8217;t going to go away by worrying about it.<\/p>\n<p>The problem isn&#8217;t going to go away by talking about it.<\/p>\n<p>The problem will only go away if they DO something about it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the same thing about bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>You may have some problems managing it.<\/p>\n<p>But you CAN do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>Think of a Plan A, B, and C.  Even if you have to have a Plan D, at least you&#8217;ll be doing something about it.<\/p>\n<p>Anything is better than just worrying about it.<\/p>\n<p>Agree or disagree?<\/p>\n<p>David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide \u201cBipolar Disorder\u2014The REAL Silent Killer.\u201d  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypertracker.com\/go\/Post\/BP_Kills_BlogAd\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to get <strong>FREE Information<\/strong> sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I hope this day is a good one for you.<\/p>\n<p>I have to go to a meeting all day today so I need to get going, okay?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk about what&#8217;s going on these days for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>These days lots of people are worrying over all kinds of things.<\/p>\n<p>Is it the end of the world?<\/p>\n<p>Are we in a depression?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-do-this-and-youre-wasting-your-time\/\" class=\"more-link pull-right\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bipolar? 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