{"id":2296,"date":"2009-11-12T10:44:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T14:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=2296"},"modified":"2009-11-12T10:44:27","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T14:44:27","slug":"bipolar-it-helps-to-do-this-more-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-it-helps-to-do-this-more-often\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar? It Helps to Do This More Often"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

How’s it going?<\/p>\n

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

I think of myself as a patient man, but there are still times when I’m not patient.<\/p>\n

Yet I know the more patient I am, the easier things will be for me.<\/p>\n

Like waiting in lines at the store check-out.<\/p>\n

What good does it do me to be impatient, when there’s nothing I can do about the situation?<\/p>\n

Impatience just leads to (more) frustration.<\/p>\n

Or like if someone cuts me off in traffic.<\/p>\n

It makes me angry, but it still doesn’t change the situation.<\/p>\n

Where if I were more accepting (more patient), I would just think something like, “Well, that person is in more of a hurry than I am.”<\/p>\n

Of course, we can’t always be this rational, though, can we?<\/p>\n

Still, developing patience is a good idea.<\/p>\n

The more patient you are, the more you will be willing to accept things the way they are instead<\/p>\n

of how you would like them to be.<\/p>\n

Patience is more than a virtue when you’re dealing with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

It’s a necessity.<\/p>\n

In my courses\/systems, I talk about ways to deal with your loved one’s behavior, and patience is definitely one of those ways.<\/p>\n

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If you’re caught in traffic, for example, instead of being impatient and getting all frustrated, you need to just accept what is happening, and use that time to relax or breathe.<\/p>\n

Have you ever heard the expression: “Don’t sweat the small stuff. And it’s all small stuff.”<\/p>\n

Well, Richard Carlson, PhD wrote a book called that, and offers some useful advice here.<\/p>\n

He suggests having “Patience Practice Periods.”<\/p>\n

He says that you should start with a small amount of time and build up to a larger amount of time.<\/p>\n

He says that you start by telling yourself:<\/p>\n

“Okay, for the next five minutes I won’t allow myself to be bothered by anything. I’ll be patient.”<\/p>\n

Once you’ve mastered five minutes, you can go longer, until you really do actually become a more patient person.<\/p>\n

Being patient allows you to keep your perspective, instead of that perspective being clouded over by frustration or even anger (at something you can’t change) or stress.<\/p>\n

For example, you might find yourself frustrated by your loved one’s lack of progress.<\/p>\n

First you try the “Practice Patience Period” that Carlson talked about.<\/p>\n

If that doesn’t work for a long enough period, think of it consciously this way:<\/p>\n

“My present challenge is not life or death. It just is.”<\/p>\n

You can’t change your loved one or their behavior anyway \u2013 only they can do that.<\/p>\n

And if you repeat the above enough times, you might actually find yourself accepting the situation much better, and having less stress over it.<\/p>\n

You can even teach it to your loved one, which will help them have less stress in their life, which will help their bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

Being more patient can be a conscious thing to do, if you practice the suggestions in this email.<\/p>\n

It will also lead to less stress and complications for you.<\/p>\n

Try “Practicing Patient Periods” for yourself, and let me know how it works out.<\/p>\n

I think it’s a great way to become more patient with your loved one and their bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

Are you a patient person?<\/p>\n

What are some things you do that help you be patient?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

How’s it going?<\/p>\n

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

I think of myself as a patient man, but there are still times when I’m not patient.<\/p>\n

Yet I know the more patient I am, the easier things will be for me.<\/p>\n

Like waiting in lines at the store check-out.<\/p>\n

What good does it do me to be impatient, when there’s nothing I can do about the situation?<\/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? It Helps to Do This More Often - 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-it-helps-to-do-this-more-often\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bipolar? It Helps to Do This More Often - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How’s it going? I hope you’re having a good day. I think of myself as a patient man, but there are still times when I’m not patient. 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