{"id":1893,"date":"2009-06-23T09:24:36","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T13:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2009-06-23T09:24:36","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T13:24:36","slug":"bipolar-supporter-your-life-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-supporter-your-life-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Supporter? Your Life Isn\u2019t a Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

Hope your day is going ok.<\/p>\n

You know those quizzes, maybe in a magazine, or on the Internet, where they’re always asking you things like, “If your life were a car, what kind of car would it be?” and things like that?<\/p>\n

Well, I saw one that said, “If your life were a movie, what kind of movie would it be?”<\/p>\n

Well, at first I thought it was stupid, like I think all these quizzes are sort of stupid.<\/p>\n

But then it made me think about my life.<\/p>\n

Is it a thriller?<\/p>\n

Is it a horror story?<\/p>\n

Is it a love story? (I don’t think so LOL)<\/p>\n

Is it a comedy?<\/p>\n

Is it a drama?<\/p>\n

Then I got serious.<\/p>\n

My life isn’t a movie at all.<\/p>\n

My life is my life – it’s real, and I need to take it seriously.<\/p>\n

Hopefully there’s some good times in it, and some hope in it, but there isn’t going to be someone
\nwho comes along and rescues me or does all the hard work for me…<\/p>\n

Or who makes my life all easy and ties it up with a bow with a happy ending like in the movies.<\/p>\n

This is my real life.<\/p>\n

So this quiz made me think of you, and bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

Being a supporter of a loved one with bipolar disorder is very real.<\/p>\n

Your life is NOT a movie.<\/p>\n

It is VERY real.<\/p>\n

Every day is not a happy one.<\/p>\n

Of course, we hope that every day is not a bad one, either.<\/p>\n

But sometimes the reality is that your loved one may be depressed.<\/p>\n

And sometimes they may be manic.<\/p>\n

That’s why, in my courses\/systems, I go over the signs and symptoms of both mood swings, so that you
\nwill know them:<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
\nVisit:
\nhttp:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n

SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
\nVisit:
\nhttp:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
\nVisit:
\nhttp:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a>
\nBut living with a loved one with bipolar disorder cannot be put into one category of a type of movie.<\/p>\n

There are too many ups and downs to your life, aren’t there?<\/p>\n

Sometimes things are good, and sometimes they aren’t.<\/p>\n

When your loved one is in an episode, things can be very, very difficult.<\/p>\n

If they are in a depressive episode, for example, you may have to watch their sadness, helplessness and hopelessness, tearfulness, and the other ways they act… and not be able to do anything about it.<\/p>\n

And at worse… you may even have to put them in a hospital, because they may even be suicidal.<\/p>\n

This is no movie… this is real life.<\/p>\n

If your loved one is in a manic episode, there may be terrible consequences.<\/p>\n

Talk about a movie drama!<\/p>\n

You never know what they’re going to do, because they can be so impulsive.<\/p>\n

Their risk-taking behavior can cause financial and even legal consequences for you.<\/p>\n

The consequences of their actions can definitely affect your relationship.<\/p>\n

And the worst part of it is that they may not even remember what they do during their episodes!<\/p>\n

But again, this is no movie – this is real life for you.<\/p>\n

You have to deal with the reality of your loved one’s episodes…<\/p>\n

And enjoy the “normal” times between episodes.<\/p>\n

The closest you’ll get to a movie happy ending is when your loved one becomes stable, and you have to hold onto that hope.<\/p>\n

Do you sometimes feel as if you’re living in a movie?<\/p>\n

Do you believe that someday there will be a happy ending?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

Hope your day is going ok.<\/p>\n

You know those quizzes, maybe in a magazine, or on the Internet, where they’re always asking you things like, “If your life were a car, what kind of car would it be?” and things like that?<\/p>\n

Well, I saw one that said, “If your life were a movie, what kind of movie would it be?”<\/p>\n

Well, at first I thought it was stupid,<\/p>\n

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":"\nBipolar Supporter? Your Life Isn\u2019t a Movie - 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\/bipolar-supporter-your-life-isn\u2019t-a-movie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bipolar Supporter? Your Life Isn\u2019t a Movie - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, Hope your day is going ok. 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