{"id":1868,"date":"2009-06-15T08:56:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T12:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2009-06-15T08:56:36","modified_gmt":"2009-06-15T12:56:36","slug":"lesson-from-ms-outlook-for-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/lesson-from-ms-outlook-for-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson from MS Outlook for Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n<p>I have something crazy to tell you.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I upgraded to Microsoft Outlook 2007 from 2000. Actually I half did this before. I mentioned before that I did this but then I was using the old Outlook half the time.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I HATE upgrading stuff. (something always goes wrong.  ALWAYS!)<\/p>\n<p>NOTE:<\/p>\n<p>Why am I going to tell you about this?  Because I&#8217;m bored.  No, just kidding!<\/p>\n<p>Because there&#8217;s going to be a lesson for bipolar disorder from it, so bear with me!<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so my new Outlook has all these features.  Many I don&#8217;t use and many settings are defaulted.<\/p>\n<p>That means that they are pre-set and I hate some of the pre-settings.<\/p>\n<p>For like a month I have been getting mad every day.<\/p>\n<p>I sit and talk to my Outlook and call it names (which is really dumb, I know).<\/p>\n<p>But I do, I sit and say it&#8217;s stupid and why don&#8217;t you do what I want, and stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p>So, I was thinking today. You know what?<\/p>\n<p>I need to practice what I preach about bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s that?<\/p>\n<p>Well, to take the time to report problems and work toward fixing them instead of just complaining about them.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I go into all this detail in my courses\/systems about problem solving and everything, and then I wasn&#8217;t doing it myself!<\/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 \/>\nMany people on bipolar medications are just like me.<\/p>\n<p>They complain about their medications.<\/p>\n<p>They complain that they don&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>They complain that they don&#8217;t like the side effects.<\/p>\n<p>They complain that they don&#8217;t like taking them.<\/p>\n<p>They complain about the way that their medication makes them feel (or not feel).<\/p>\n<p>They complain that they forget to take them.<\/p>\n<p>They complain that they wish they didn&#8217;t have to take them.<\/p>\n<p>They complain that they have to take them for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>They complain that other people don&#8217;t have to take them.<\/p>\n<p>And on and on and on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But you know what?<\/p>\n<p>Who do they complain to?  To YOU!!!<\/p>\n<p>NOT to their doctor, who they should be complaining to, right?<\/p>\n<p>Because you can&#8217;t do anything to help them with their medications, but only the doctor can.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s like the way I WAS, and I repeat, WAS, with my Outlook.<\/p>\n<p>I complained and complained, and talked to my computer, but didn&#8217;t do anything else about it.<\/p>\n<p>I complained, but didn&#8217;t talk to the right person.<\/p>\n<p>I complained, but kept making the same mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>I complained, but just to myself.<\/p>\n<p>I complained, but just kept complaining on and on and on&#8230;  Not doing the right thing.Or talking to the right person.<\/p>\n<p>And, guess what?<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get my problem solved, did I, do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I finally got so frustrated&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That I finally did something about it.<\/p>\n<p>The right thing.<\/p>\n<p>I took a whole hour and I made a list.A list of all the problems I could think of.<\/p>\n<p>(Just like your loved one could make a list of all their complaints about their<br \/>\nmedications).<\/p>\n<p>And then I researched what I could do to change the settings.<\/p>\n<p>(Just like your loved one could research their options &#8211; should they talk to their doctor, psychiatrist, or therapist?).<\/p>\n<p>I also called a friend.<\/p>\n<p>(Just like your loved one could talk to you, their supporter).<\/p>\n<p>Guess how my Outlook works now?<\/p>\n<p>ALMOST perfect! (nothing is perfect).<\/p>\n<p>(Just like your loved one could solve their medication problem).<\/p>\n<p>Do you see the connection?<\/p>\n<p>You just can&#8217;t get to the point of so much complaining.<\/p>\n<p>You just can&#8217;t wait till you get to the point that you start talking to your computer!<\/p>\n<p>You need to do the right thing from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of just complaining, you need to sit down and think about what the problem is.<\/p>\n<p>Then you need to explore options about how to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Then you need to talk to the right person about how to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t do that, you&#8217;re stuck with the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t you agree?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n<p>I have something crazy to tell you.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I upgraded to Microsoft Outlook 2007 from 2000. Actually I half did this before. I mentioned before that I did this but then I was using the old Outlook half the time.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I HATE upgrading stuff. (something always goes wrong.  ALWAYS!)<\/p>\n<p>NOTE:<\/p>\n<p>Why am I going to tell you about this?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/lesson-from-ms-outlook-for-bipolar-disorder\/\" 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>Lesson from MS Outlook for Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/lesson-from-ms-outlook-for-bipolar-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lesson from MS Outlook for Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hey, How&#8217;s it going? 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