{"id":285,"date":"2008-10-28T08:37:57","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T12:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2009-03-17T08:38:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T12:38:22","slug":"one-of-the-worst-things-that-bipolar-can-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/one-of-the-worst-things-that-bipolar-can-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the Worst Things That Bipolar Can Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/span><\/p>\n

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How’s it going?<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the worst things that bipolar disorder can cause is a distortion of the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now is that the same thing as a lie? <\/span>Not necessarily. <\/span><\/span>There’s a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is what I mean:<\/span><\/p>\n

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You know that bipolar disorder is a chemical imbalance of the brain, right? <\/span>Well, when those chemicals misfire, it leads to a thought imbalance as well \u2013 a distortion of the truth. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Your loved one’s thoughts are no longer rational, like when they go on spending sprees, or exhibit inappropriate sexual conduct, excessive gambling or other risky behaviors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is especially seen in loved ones who are showing psychotic features \u2013 meaning that they have delusions (irrational ideas, thoughts, and beliefs) and hallucinations (seeing and\/or hearing things that aren\u2019t really there).<\/span><\/p>\n

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When you’re dealing with a loved one in a bipolar episode and they’re not \u201cthemselves,\u201d they are most likely in a state where they are experiencing a distortion of the truth. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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You may see things one way, while they’re seeing things an entirely different way. <\/span>No matter how much you argue your point, they won’t agree with you. <\/span>They’re not trying to give you are hard time — <\/span>they truly do, at that time, believe what they’re saying is the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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See the difference I’m talking about between outright lying and distortion of the truth? <\/span><\/p>\n

This is one of the things I talk about in my courses\/systems <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the worst manic episodes, there’s also a distortion of reality that can even be classified as hallucinatory. The reality that your loved one is experiencing isn’t the same reality you’re experiencing, so if your loved one tells you that her mother slapped her, she may truly believe that. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you ask your mother-in-law later and she says she brushed something off her daughter’s cheek, they may both be telling the truth, as they understood it at the time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Even if it is the truth that you are the mom and your <\/span>daughter did, indeed, slap you, when your loved one is <\/span>in a state like that, <\/span>the only thing you can do is either agree with them or leave them alone. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In more cases than not, they won’t even remember the behavior after the episode is over; after they have returned to rational thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When your loved one is in an episode, it can also be that they simply can’t control their ability to lie or tell the truth, because they aren’t in touch with reality. <\/span>This isn’t really their fault \u2013 it’s the episode, and their irrational thought, their distorted thinking caused by it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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When the episode is over, your loved one’s distortion of the truth will pass, too.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Don’t give in to the urge to start a fight with them about whether they’re “lying” or not while they’re in an episode. <\/span>Or, if you do, don’t be surprised if they don’t even know what you’re talking about. <\/span>It’s a matter of winning the fight just to lose the battle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s about choosing your battles. Since you know that this perception will pass with the episode, why waste time and energy arguing about it now? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Better to save that energy to address the more important lies – the ones that can cause permanent damage (lies to therapists, lies to c.redit card companies, lies to you) \u2013 the real lies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\nWhat do you think?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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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

\n

How’s it going?<\/p>\n

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One of the worst things that bipolar disorder can cause is a distortion of the truth.<\/p>\n

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Now is that the same thing as a lie? Not necessarily. There’s a difference.<\/p>\n

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This is what I mean:<\/p>\n

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You know that bipolar disorder is a chemical imbalance of the brain, right? Well, when those chemicals misfire,<\/p>\n

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