Hi, how’s it going? I hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n
I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.”<\/p>\n
It wasn’t easy in school for most people. We had to try hard to make a good grade. Relationships aren’t easy, either. In relationships, we have to try hard to make them work. Getting a job and working it is hard work. At a job interview we have to try hard to make a good impression, and if we get that job, we have to work hard at it.<\/p>\n
For many of us (who didn’t get a car from mom and dad on graduation), getting that first car was hard work. Many of us worked hard to save up the money for our first car. Then we had to work hard to keep gas in it! (Which isn’t much different than today)<\/p>\n
It’s the same in life. We work hard in life. We work hard to be a spouse. We work hard to be a parent. We work hard to be a good employee. And if you’re a supporter to a loved one with bipolar disorder, then you work hard to be a good supporter.<\/p>\n
There’s also the expression, “Nothing comes easy in life.” And I agree with that, except that I would add\u2026”\u2026but it’s worth it in the end.”<\/p>\n
Your loved one’s stability is worth what you\/they have to go through in order to get it. The point is, that stability can be accomplished. I have many success stories to prove it.<\/p>\n
Someone might have a bad day at work and ask, “Is this worth working for?” Or someone might see something they want (like a new car), or something they want to do (like a cruise), and they have to ask themselves, “Is this worth working for?”<\/p>\n
Well, you need to ask yourself the same thing: “Is my loved one’s stability worth working for?” And I think you will answer, “Yes, it is.”<\/p>\n
Now, that’s not to say it will be easy, because it won’t. Bipolar disorder is a very serious illness, and stability with it does not come easily. It takes time. Too many people get impatient with their loved one’s progress and give up too soon. There will be relapses, too. But you just have to expect them as part of the process of recovery.<\/p>\n
As far as you’re concerned, just being a good supporter is hard work, isn’t it? Sometimes you may have to deal with things you don’t like. Your loved one may have a bad day, and you have to be patient and also not jump to the conclusion that they are going into an episode.<\/p>\n
It’s just one of the things you have to work through. Your loved one will eventually get stabilized on their medications, and that will take time, too, so you need to be patient with that as well. Just remember that with time will come stability, and that it is worth working for.<\/p>\n
Well, I have to go!<\/p>\n
Your Friend,<\/p>\n
Dave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi, how’s it going? I hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n
I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.”<\/p>\n
It wasn’t easy in school for most people. We had to try hard to make a good grade. Relationships aren’t easy, either. In relationships, we have to try hard to make them work. Getting a job and working it is hard work. At a job interview we have to try hard to make a good impression,<\/p>\n