{"id":2113,"date":"2009-08-20T07:36:41","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T11:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2009-08-20T07:36:41","modified_gmt":"2009-08-20T11:36:41","slug":"bipolar-the-fighting-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-the-fighting-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar? The Fighting Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

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

You know I like to hike, right?<\/p>\n

It’s where I do some of my best thinking.<\/p>\n

And, usually, that’s about bipolar disorder, of course.<\/p>\n

But I was hiking the other day and thinking about the staggering numbers of people who have the disorder, are supporting someone who does, or know of someone who has it.<\/p>\n

And the numbers are staggering.<\/p>\n

Then I was thinking about the difference between people when it comes to bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

I hear from a lot of people in response to my daily emails, courses\/systems, website, etc.<\/p>\n

And it’s almost like they’re divided in half.<\/p>\n

Half the people are really struggling with it, and the other half seem to have mastered it.<\/p>\n

Well, maybe mastered it is the wrong way to put it \u2013 but they control and manage the disorder instead of it controlling or managing them.<\/p>\n

These are the people I like to hear from, because they have that “fighting attitude.”<\/p>\n

And that’s what you have to have when it comes to bipolar disorder \u2013 a FIGHTING ATTITUDE.<\/p>\n

I talk a lot in my courses\/systems about what it takes to become stable with bipolar disorder, and that’s one of the things, I believe.<\/p>\n

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

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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

There are those people who take the diagnosis lying down, just like in a boxing match where you throw in the towel and give up.<\/p>\n

They don’t believe that stability is a possibility for them.<\/p>\n

Those people don’t do the right things, so they don’t get stable.<\/p>\n

But have you ever known someone who no matter what happens to them, they fight back?<\/p>\n

Like cancer survivors.<\/p>\n

I think it’s all in having a “fighting attitude.”<\/p>\n

They don’t take it laying down \u2013 they fight back!<\/p>\n

And many of them do win.<\/p>\n

Even a doctor will tell you that your attitude towards your illness (whatever it is) can be crucial to your recovery.<\/p>\n

Well, that’s as true for bipolar disorder as it is for cancer.<\/p>\n

You’ve got to come out of your corner fighting.<\/p>\n

That’s the way to control it.<\/p>\n

Of course, just like any fight, you have to be prepared.<\/p>\n

You have to have strategies.<\/p>\n

You have to have plans in place.<\/p>\n

And you have to have these things in advance, just like an army does in a war.<\/p>\n

Like, you need to sit down with your loved one and decide what to do in case they need to go in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Strategies would include:<\/p>\n

\u2022\tA better lifestyle<\/p>\n

\u2022\tEating a healthy diet<\/p>\n

\u2022\tExercising<\/p>\n

\u2022\tKeeping a good sleep<\/p>\n

schedule<\/p>\n

\u2022\tStaying productive<\/p>\n

\u2022\tAttending a support group<\/p>\n

\u2022\tHaving a strong support system<\/p>\n

\u2022\tAdhering to all treatment<\/p>\n

Those who look at battling bipolar disorder as just that \u2013 a battle \u2013 and are willing to do what it takes to win, do find success.<\/p>\n

It is possible to recover from the disorder.<\/p>\n

I know, because I’ve gotten so many success stories.<\/p>\n

But all success stories have one thing in common:<\/p>\n

They did whatever they had to do to gain stability, including those things I just listed.<\/p>\n

They had a “fighting attitude.”<\/p>\n

Do you have a “fighting attitude?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

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

You know I like to hike, right?<\/p>\n

It’s where I do some of my best thinking.<\/p>\n

And, usually, that’s about bipolar disorder, of course.<\/p>\n

But I was hiking the other day and thinking about the staggering numbers of people who have the disorder, are supporting someone who does, or know of someone who has it.<\/p>\n

And the numbers are staggering.<\/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? The Fighting Attitude - 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-the-fighting-attitude\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bipolar? The Fighting Attitude - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, I hope you’re having a good day. You know I like to hike, right? It’s where I do some of my best thinking. And, usually, that’s about bipolar disorder, of course. 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