Hi, how are things going for you today? I hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n
My friend has a story she tells about her childhood, where she made the critical mistake of saying, “What if I don’t want to?” and got the biggest whipping of her life! Then, when she had kids, one of them said to her, “What if I don’t want to?” Needless to say, they got a whipping, too! LOL<\/p>\n
I know it’s a sort of funny way to introduce this topic, and I even called it “What if You Don’t Want To?” But what I’m talking about here is not being rebellious, just the opposite, in fact. I’m talking about being cooperative even when you DON’T want to! It’s about being motivated no matter how you FEEL.<\/p>\n
One thing I’m always talking about is that you can’t go by how you feel, because with bipolar<\/p>\n
disorder, sometimes your feelings can lie to you:<\/p>\n
You may not be able to “feel” your way into stability, but you can “will” yourself into it. You can do things you don’t necessarily feel like doing and still gain bipolar stability, that’s my point.<\/p>\n
For example, I know a few guys who are like me and like to work out, but most people who work out rarely “feel” like it. Still, they do it because they want the results. It doesn’t have anything to do with how they feel but, rather, what they have decided to do. What they have committed to. See?<\/p>\n
So it can be the same thing with bipolar disorder. In fact, part of stability does have to do with exercising, so that’s a good place to start. What if you don’t feel like it? Well, you have to motivate yourself. Talk it up, talk yourself into doing it, even though you don’t feel like it, because you know it will be good for you in the long run.<\/p>\n
That’s what makes some of these things so hard to bring yourself to do \u2013 You don’t want to do them naturally. Naturally, we are basically a lazy nation. And so we let our bodies go. I’m just talking in general.<\/p>\n
But if you have bipolar disorder, you want to better yourself. So you exercise, even when you don’t “feel” like it. Same with taking your medications. You may not “feel” like doing it, but you take them because they keep you stable in the long run.<\/p>\n
You may “feel” like eating a whole pie, but you eat a healthy diet anyway, because you like<\/p>\n
the results you get in the long run.<\/p>\n
Part of bipolar stability is doing like I just said \u2013 taking your medications and living a healthy<\/p>\n
lifestyle. The point is to do it whether you “feel” like it or not.<\/p>\n
Well, I have to go!<\/p>\n
Your Friend,<\/p>\n
Dave<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi, how are things going for you today? I hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n
My friend has a story she tells about her childhood, where she made the critical mistake of saying, “What if I don’t want to?” and got the biggest whipping of her life! Then, when she had kids, one of them said to her, “What if I don’t want to?” Needless to say, they got a whipping, too! LOL<\/p>\n
I know it’s a sort of funny way to introduce this topic,<\/p>\n