{"id":2264,"date":"2009-10-26T10:05:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2009-10-26T10:05:10","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T14:05:10","slug":"huge-fight-in-gym-and-bipolar-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/huge-fight-in-gym-and-bipolar-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Fight in Gym and Bipolar Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;re fine.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to write you something important.<\/p>\n<p>There was a big fight in the gym between two people.<\/p>\n<p>One a democrat and one a republican (democrat and republican are political parties in the U.S., for those outside the country that are reading this.).<\/p>\n<p>One argued Obama is doing too many things that are not related to the main goal which should be to fix the economy (i.e., getting jobs).<\/p>\n<p>The person arguing for Obama said he has to work on all these things at the same time and you can&#8217;t just focus on one.<\/p>\n<p>(NOTE Obama is the President of the United States)<\/p>\n<p>Some say President Obama is doing too much.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, we&#8217;re not going to get political.<\/p>\n<p>And if you are wondering, I am an independent, neither republican nor democrat.<\/p>\n<p>But my friend who thinks Obama has done too much too fast brings up a good point for bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>You have to decide what is important and not important.<\/p>\n<p>There are times, you have to work on many things at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Find a good doctor, therapist, make sure you keep your job if you are a supporter, handle bills, etc. etc.<\/p>\n<p>In my courses\/systems, I go over the elements that make a successful supporter:<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/p>\n<p>Visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11\">http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/p>\n<p>Visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com\">http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/p>\n<p>Visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net\">http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself:<\/p>\n<p>Am I doing too much for my loved one?<\/p>\n<p>Am I not doing enough for my loved one?<\/p>\n<p>Some people will disagree with you either way, so this is just your opinion of yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my point of view:<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think you can do too much to support a loved one with bipolar disorder, UNLESS\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(this is how you&#8217;ll know you&#8217;re doing too much)<\/p>\n<p>1.\tYou do things for them that they<\/p>\n<p>can do for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>2.\tYou make them dependent on you<\/p>\n<p>3.\tYou become an enabler<\/p>\n<p>4.\tYou are codependent<\/p>\n<p>5.\tYou have no life outside the home<\/p>\n<p>6.\tYou focus on the disorder too<\/p>\n<p>much<\/p>\n<p>7.\tYou don&#8217;t have any outside<\/p>\n<p>activities<\/p>\n<p>8.\tYou don&#8217;t have your own support<\/p>\n<p>system<\/p>\n<p>9.\tYou are your loved one&#8217;s only<\/p>\n<p>supporter<\/p>\n<p>10.\t You don&#8217;t ever do anything that<\/p>\n<p>you enjoy (or be by yourself or<\/p>\n<p>with your own friends)<\/p>\n<p>I know your heart is in the right place, or you wouldn&#8217;t be a supporter to your loved one.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s obvious that you do care.<\/p>\n<p>But do you care too much?<\/p>\n<p>Being codependent means seeing more to your loved one&#8217;s needs than to your own.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing to your own needs, physically and mentally is crucial to being a good supporter.<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself the hard questions.<\/p>\n<p>Am I doing enough for my loved one?<\/p>\n<p>Am I doing too much for them?<\/p>\n<p>There needs to be a balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;re fine.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to write you something important.<\/p>\n<p>There was a big fight in the gym between two people.<\/p>\n<p>One a democrat and one a republican (democrat and republican are political parties in the U.S., for those outside the country that are reading this.).<\/p>\n<p>One argued Obama is doing too many things that are not related to the main goal which should be to fix the economy (i.e.,<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/huge-fight-in-gym-and-bipolar-lesson\/\" 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 - 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