{"id":297,"date":"2008-11-01T06:33:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T10:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=297"},"modified":"2009-03-14T05:46:30","modified_gmt":"2009-03-14T09:46:30","slug":"bipolar-lesson-from-halloween-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/bipolar-lesson-from-halloween-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Lesson from Halloween Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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I have to tell you what happened on Halloween \u2013it’s just too funny!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I had to take my 11-month-old goddaughter trick-or-treating. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Of course I did, because how do you say no to an 11-month-old, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, she decided to dress up as a sunflower. really cute, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

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But that’s not the point. <\/span>Oh, no, the point is that she wanted me to dress up as something that went along with her sunflower costume!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now, you tell me \u2013 what on earth goes along with a sunflower???<\/span><\/p>\n

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So I decided to be a green pea.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I actually asked someone who has bipolar disorder who to make the costume. This person is super smart and creative and had a complete plan but said it would take a week to get all the stuff to me : )<\/span><\/p>\n

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That didn’t work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then I decided to be the Jolly Green Giant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don’t know why I thought about this. I think probably because I was eating green beans and on the package was the “green giant” the logo for the green bean company.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I couldn’t find a costume big enough to fit a man over 6 foot tall! <\/span>I guess they figure only kids trick-or-treat these days, I don’t know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(ok, I can hear you snickering now)<\/span><\/p>\n

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All right, so I had to do something in desperation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I finally decided to go as a cowboy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At least I could put on a denim shirt and wear jeans and find a cowboy hat somewhere, right? <\/span><\/p>\n

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I actually have a cowboy hat. I think they are really cool but I wouldn’t wear them around because I would look odd.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ok, ok, so it’s not the traditional Halloween costume.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And it has absolutely nothing to do with a sunflower.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And now I can totally hear you laughing trying to picture this big tall cowboy taking this tiny little sunflower around trick-or-treating.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Well before I left I had to drive around and get some stuff. People were laughing at me : )<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then when I got there and I was all ready to go, Anna decided she didn’t want to go because she got scared from all the people with costumes I guess.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was good because I didn’t feel like walking around anyway with my “costume.” lol BUT I would have gone if she wanted to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And now I’ll tell you what this Halloween story has to do with bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It has to do with sacrifices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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See, again, there was no way I wanted to go trick-or-treating.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There were a million other things I would’ve rather been doing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actually, there was anything else I would’ve rather been doing than dressing up like a cowboy and being laughed at in a strange area I have never been (we actually went where Anna’s father grew up).<\/span><\/p>\n

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But I love my goddaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And I wanted to see her happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So I put my feelings and my own needs aside and made sacrifices for her.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And it was worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As a supporter of a loved one with bipolar disorder, you have to make sacrifices as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In my courses\/systems, I talk about what makes a good supporter, and I think the difference between being a good supporter and being a super-supporter is putting your own needs aside to help your loved one with theirs.<\/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<\/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<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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I’m not saying that your feelings and your needs don’t count, because they do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But your loved one needs you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And once your own needs are met, it doesn’t take much to sacrifice your time to help them, does it?<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you’re doing ok, it doesn’t take much to sacrifice on your part to make sure they’re ok too, does it?<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you see that you’re loved one is struggling, wouldn’t you be willing to make some sacrifices to help them?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Of course you would.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because you love them as much as I love my goddaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We all have to make sacrifices at some point.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Look at the sacrifices our young men in the service are making for our country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Look at the sacrifices that parents make for their children every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Look at the sacrifices that adults make for their aging parents all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Look at the sacrifices that couples make for each other that don’t have bipolar disorder to deal with (they still have other problems to face, though).<\/span><\/p>\n

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They all do it out of love.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Everybody makes sacrifices for the people they love.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As a good supporter, you sometimes have to make sacrifices for your loved one as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And it’s worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because I know your loved one appreciates it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because I know your loved one would make the same <\/span><\/p>\n

sacrifices for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Agree or disagree?<\/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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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 today?<\/p>\n

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I have to tell you what happened on Halloween \u2013it’s just too funny!<\/p>\n

\n

I had to take my 11-month-old goddaughter trick-or-treating. <\/p>\n

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Of course I did, because how do you say no to an 11-month-old, right?<\/p>\n

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Well, she decided to dress up as a sunflower. really cute, right?<\/p>\n

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But that’s not the point.<\/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 Lesson from Halloween Story - 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-lesson-from-halloween-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bipolar Lesson from Halloween Story - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How are you doing today? I have to tell you what happened on Halloween \u2013it’s just too funny! I had to take my 11-month-old goddaughter trick-or-treating. 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