{"id":1959,"date":"2009-07-11T09:15:32","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T13:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2009-07-11T09:15:32","modified_gmt":"2009-07-11T13:15:32","slug":"bipolar-what-do-these-things-mean-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-what-do-these-things-mean-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar? What Do These Things Mean To You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

How do you feel today?<\/p>\n

I hope you feel good.<\/p>\n

I want to ask you a couple of questions:<\/p>\n

How do you feel about the things that you own?<\/p>\n

Are they just possessions, things you could easily sell at a yard sale?<\/p>\n

Things that you wouldn’t even miss if a robber came in and stole them from you?<\/p>\n

Things that you could give away to a charity and not think a thing about it?<\/p>\n

Or do they mean something to you?<\/p>\n

Something you can’t define?<\/p>\n

Oh, not that your possessions own you instead of you owning them, that’s not what I’m saying.<\/p>\n

What I’m getting at is that these things probably took you years to obtain, didn’t they?<\/p>\n

Some of them are most likely heirlooms, handed down through generations.<\/p>\n

Some things you had to save for, took time to get, even had to wait a long time for.<\/p>\n

Some things were gifts from other people that you cherish very much.<\/p>\n

Some things maybe your children made when they were little and, like the commercial says, are “priceless.”<\/p>\n

There are some things you might not miss, but I bet if there were a fire in your home, the majority of things you would miss very much, wouldn’t you? And how do you feel about your house itself?<\/p>\n

Is it just a shell? A place to “hang your hat,” so to speak? Just a place to live?<\/p>\n

Or is it your HOME? A place that matters very much to you?<\/p>\n

How would you feel if you lost it?<\/p>\n

What if you had to move somewhere else?<\/p>\n

Would you miss your home very much, or would it be easy for you to make the move?<\/p>\n

There’s a couple that I know that are facing these very same questions right now.<\/p>\n

As are many other people, because of the economy.<\/p>\n

Some people are facing foreclosures, and some are even facing bankruptcy, like this couple.<\/p>\n

They are facing the loss of their home and their possessions, which took them many years to obtain.<\/p>\n

And it’s not their fault, really \u2013 it’s not that they’re living a lavish lifestyle or anything; in fact, they live very frugally.<\/p>\n

But do you know what they have to say about it?<\/p>\n

“This is awful, losing all this. But at least we still have our stability.”<\/p>\n

You see, this couple, well, they both have bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

And just like you may have worked so hard for the possessions that you have\u2026<\/p>\n

Well, that’s how hard they have worked for the stability that they have.<\/p>\n

In my courses\/systems, I discuss just how hard you have to work to attain and maintain stability:<\/p>\n

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

Visit:<\/p>\n

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

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

Visit:<\/p>\n

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

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/p>\n

Visit:<\/p>\n

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

In my courses, I talk about the different elements that make up stability.<\/p>\n

Just like the gathering of possessions, it doesn’t happen overnight.<\/p>\n

And it takes hard work to do these things.<\/p>\n

So stability is hard fought and hard won.<\/p>\n

So, like this couple I was talking about who are losing their home and possessions, people who have obtained stability are grateful that they have it.<\/p>\n

But like I was saying, just because your loved one may be stable, doesn’t mean it was easy to get that way, does it?<\/p>\n

If you are living with a stable loved one, be grateful for it.<\/p>\n

If not, be encouraged that someday they may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

How do you feel today?<\/p>\n

I hope you feel good.<\/p>\n

I want to ask you a couple of questions:<\/p>\n

How do you feel about the things that you own?<\/p>\n

Are they just possessions, things you could easily sell at a yard sale?<\/p>\n

Things that you wouldn’t even miss if a robber came in and stole them from you?<\/p>\n

Things that you could give away to a charity and not think a thing about it?<\/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? What Do These Things Mean To You? - 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-what-do-these-things-mean-to-you\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bipolar? What Do These Things Mean To You? - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How do you feel today? I hope you feel good. I want to ask you a couple of questions: How do you feel about the things that you own? 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