{"id":228,"date":"2008-10-13T08:17:55","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T12:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=228"},"modified":"2009-03-17T09:04:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T13:04:44","slug":"the-snowball-effect-and-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-snowball-effect-and-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snowball Effect and Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How are you doing?<\/span><\/p>\n

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I hope you are doing well. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I was working hard yesterday. Michele Soloway and my self have come up with so many new incredible ideas it’s going to be amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You’re going to love our new ideas.I will keep you posted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yesterday I saw the movie Quarantine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you like horror movies you should go see it. You will NEVER guess the ending of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also, yesterday I was reading a new book on Warren Buffett who is said to be the greatest investor of all time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s a great book. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The title is:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life<\/span><\/p>\n

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I won’t ruin what it means in case you want to read it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But it reminded me of a concept I made up for bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today I want to talk to you about<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE SNOWBALL EFFECT<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you remember when you were little and you made snowballs? <\/span>Did you ever start off making a small ball and rolling it until it\u00a0 ot bigger and bigger and bigger until it turned into this big ball? <\/span>(Usually this was done to make snowmen with).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, your thinking can have the same effect.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the biggest problems with bipolar disorder is called “racing thoughts,” or thoughts that you just can’t shut off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Someone with the disorder told me he just calls when that happens “times when my brain won’t turn off. <\/span><\/span>It’s like I’ve lost the off switch.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Usually it’s the fault of the disorder, but sometimes it can be the fault of the person.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’ll tell you what I mean.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is how quickly your negative and insecure thinking can spiral out of control, just like the snowball I was talking about:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Have you ever noticed how nervous and anxious you feel when you’re caught up in your thinking?<\/span><\/p>\n

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You start off with one thought, it jumps to another thought, which leads you to another thought, and it’s just like the old\u00a0\u00a0 “Telephone Game” we played as children\u2026 <\/span><\/p>\n

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and before you know it, your thoughts are someplace totally different from where you started off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For example, you could wake up in the middle of the night and then you remember a phone call you need to make the next day. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Then, instead of being glad that you remembered the call, you start thinking, “I hope I remember to make that call.” <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Then you start thinking, “What if I forget to make the call?” and “What am I going to say when I make the call?” and “What are they going to say?”<\/span><\/p>\n

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And before you know it, your thoughts are going around and around in a circle, all over that one phone call, and you’re getting more and more agitated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What’s worse is that after worrying about that phone call so much, then you start on all the other things you have to do tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And THE SNOWBALL EFFECT starts to, well, snowball!<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the things I teach in my courses\/systems is to make a To-Do List, and it’s for this very reason. <\/span>Once you’ve made a To-Do List, you don’t have to worry about all the things you have to do tomorrow. <\/span>You can have peace, knowing all your tasks are on that list.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Another thing you can do is to keep a little pad or notebook by the side of your bed in case this does happen to you, and just jot a note to yourself to remind yourself about the call, or whatever it is that you don’t want to forget, and then you can go right back to sleep without the rest of the racing thoughts snowballing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now, this doesn’t even have to be a middle of the night thing. <\/span>I know a woman with bipolar disorder who\u00a0 keeps lists for\u00a0 everything so she can manage her disorder and keep her thoughts from spinning out of\u00a0 control. <\/span>She <\/span>always has a small notepad with her in her purse for when she goes out, and several around the house. <\/span><\/span>Her husband always teases her about it, but it’s one of the systems she uses to keep her thoughts from racing, and to keep her bipolar disorder under control.<\/span><\/p>\n

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See, not everything to do with management of your bipolar disorder has to be complicated. <\/span>You know how I’m always talking about systems. <\/span>Well, this is one of those systems that’s easy to use, and simple to put in place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But if you don’t, things can get out of hand pretty quickly, and you can suffer from racing thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Just remember, you don’t want THE SNOWBALL EFFECT to happen to you!<\/span><\/p>\n

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FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ME<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit: http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide \u201cBipolar Disorder\u2014The REAL Silent Killer.\u201d Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to get FREE Information<\/strong> sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

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How are you doing?<\/p>\n

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I hope you are doing well. <\/p>\n

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I was working hard yesterday. Michele Soloway and my self have come up with so many new incredible ideas it’s going to be amazing.<\/p>\n

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You’re going to love our new ideas.I will keep you posted.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday I saw the movie Quarantine.<\/p>\n

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If you like horror movies you should go see 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":"\nThe Snowball Effect and 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\/the-snowball-effect-and-bipolar-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Snowball Effect and Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How are you doing? I hope you are doing well. I was working hard yesterday. 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