{"id":175,"date":"2008-09-18T08:45:03","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T12:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2009-03-17T15:10:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T19:10:56","slug":"welcome-and-dont-forget-this-about-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/welcome-and-dont-forget-this-about-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome and don’t forget this about bipolar disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I wanted to say welcome to another about\u00a0 1700 new subscribers in the last 24 hours or so.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We have had two really, really big days.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Someone wrote me how come I don’t welcome every new subscriber. I would if I could but we get up to 2000 a day some times : )<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anyway, I hope you’re having a good day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oh wait, one other thing. Someone had a great suggestion to have a link in this message that says who I am. They said that friends had signed up but weren’t sure who I really was. I am going to get someone to set something up.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Okay, let’s jump into today’s topic that I thought of because of all the problems I have been having in IT (information technology).<\/span><\/p>\n

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SIDE NOTE:<\/span><\/p>\n

In order for me to make all this happen and make the entire organization help lots of people who are dealing with bipolar disorder, there is a on, and I mean a ton of IT related stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s taken me a month to really get a handle on understanding what I need to understand. Fortunately I have many smart people who are doing a great job.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I wanted to ask you something, okay?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Have you ever thought about how <\/span>things were in the beginning compared to how things are now? I know how frustrating things can be sometimes, because I’m a supporter, too, but\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sometimes it helps to think back to how helpless you felt back before your loved one was diagnosed and before you had any information on bipolar disorder to begin with.\u00a0 <\/span>Then think of how much you’ve learned since then, and how much your loved one has, hopefully, also learned since then about how to manage is\/her bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In my courses\/systems below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Of course I teach many things about how to manage bipolar disorder and how to deal with it, both for survivors and for their loved ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But think about it \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the beginning, you knew nothing about the disorder. <\/span>All you knew was that your loved one just wasn’t “normal,” just wasn’t “themselves.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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But now you know so much more, don’t you?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hopefully, you’ve done some research, gotten educated, read my material, and at least I know you’ve been learning from these emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Educating yourself is the main thing, as I teach in my courses\/systems. <\/span>You have to learn as much as you can about the disorder in order to help your loved one. <\/span>It’s like you have this enemy that you’re fighting, and the enemy isn’t your loved one, it’s bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In any war, they tell you to know your enemy. in order to know your enemy, you have to know as much about your enemy as you can.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So I encourage you, keep learning. <\/span>Keep studying. <\/span>Keep reading. <\/span>Keep researching.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Never stop growing in knowledge, for the more you know, the better equipped you are to deal with the disorder and your loved one.<\/span><\/p>\n

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