Hi, how’s it going for you today? I hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n
Remember when we were little and got piggy back rides? If you’re a parent today, you probably give piggy back rides to your own children. If you’re a grandparent, you may or may not give your grandchildren piggy back rides (depending on if you can or not). But the point is that you know what a piggy back ride is, though. Right?<\/p>\n
Well, the term is used negatively in business. It refers to someone who gains success by riding on someone else’s coattails (or piggy backing). They don’t use just their own resources to get ahead.<\/p>\n
This type of person generally gets no respect from their co-workers, because you can tell this type of person just by watching them for awhile.<\/p>\n
So how does this relate to bipolar disorder?<\/p>\n
Let me ask you this: Are you piggy backing your loved one’s bipolar disorder? Is the only way for you to get through to your loved one through their disorder? Is your loved one so dependent on you that they don’t do anything without you? That’s not a good sign. The answers to these questions could be a sign of codependency.<\/p>\n
They need to be doing as much for themselves as they can. The more they do for themselves,<\/p>\n
the closer they will be to bipolar stability, and the faster it will happen.<\/p>\n
Your loved one probably pays a lot of attention to their disorder. They should, if they’re managing it correctly. But not to the point that they leave you out of things. And you shouldn’t be leaving them out of things either, just because of the bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
Here’s a good way to know: Is the only thing you ever talk about, the bipolar disorder? Or do you talk about other things outside of the disorder? Do you feel as if you and your loved one have good communication between you? Does your life consist of things outside bipolar disorder? Or does everything you do revolve around the disorder?<\/p>\n
If you don’t have good communication with your loved one\u2026 If everything you want to say to them has to go by way of their disorder\u2026 Then that’s a huge sign that you are piggy backing on the disorder to get to your loved one. By this point, they should be doing some things for themselves that you did for them before. That’s how you know they’re getting better.<\/p>\n
The point is, you DO want your loved one to eventually become independent. You don’t want them depending on you for everything, because that is just not healthy, for either of you.<\/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 for you today? I hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n
Remember when we were little and got piggy back rides? If you’re a parent today, you probably give piggy back rides to your own children. If you’re a grandparent, you may or may not give your grandchildren piggy back rides (depending on if you can or not). But the point is that you know what a piggy back ride is,<\/p>\n