{"id":367,"date":"2008-11-20T09:42:20","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T13:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=367"},"modified":"2009-03-14T04:48:33","modified_gmt":"2009-03-14T08:48:33","slug":"update-on-mom-and-dad%e2%80%a6bipolar-remember-the-good-or-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/update-on-mom-and-dad%e2%80%a6bipolar-remember-the-good-or-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on mom and dad\u2026.Bipolar? Remember the Good or Else"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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How’s it going?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks to everyone for wishing my dad well. Like I said, he had a stroke.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I went to see him. He is doing okay.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He has to stay in the hospital until they figured out why his blood pressure is so very high. They have no idea why it is. <\/span><\/p>\n

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My mom, did not take it well. She actually got very little sleep, which triggered her being super angry at me (of course). She wound up screaming at me and hanging the phone up on me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I didn’t even bother saying anything.\u00a0 <\/span>But then she followed the system that we setup ahead of time in the doomsday scenario and now she is doing much better.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I spoke to her last night and she is back to her old self.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But if my dad gets worse, that’s going to act as a major trigger for a potential bipolar episode.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition, someone who works for me, went into a bipolar episode and now is in the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the past few weeks, I have had one person<\/span><\/p>\n

get into a car accident, one person diagnosed with cancer (had to resign), one person has other serious medical problems not related to bipolar disorder (had to resign), my main computer is not working, my mom’s medication has changed, dad in the hospital and some other issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So it’s not been a good past few weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BUT, I have a strategy to deal with these types of situations. You may have read about it in articles I posted online for f.ree.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Okay, I was talking to Michele yesterday and she was having a tough day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She had a bunch of bad things going on.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So then she spoke to her mom who told her to remember the good things going on instead:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Like that she has a husband who loves her, a beautiful home, a great job, her bills are paid, her car runs good, she has 3 healthy sons, and she is stable with her bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When Michele did that, her problems didn’t seem that bad!<\/span><\/p>\n

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We were talking about it, and I told her that I have to do the same thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are nightmare days for me. Or weeks like I just told you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But I train myself to think about the good instead of the bad. <\/span>And there were lots of good things, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With bipolar disorder, too many people just focus on the negative.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That’s why, in my courses\/systems, I teach people about positive thinking.<\/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<\/a><\/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<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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It is SO important to balance the bad with the good, or else your bipolar disorder can become WORSE!<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you don’t, you begin to think negatively, and negative thoughts lead to depression, and depression for too long leads to a bipolar depressive episode.<\/span><\/p>\n

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See why it’s so important to think about the good things, too?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Michele’s mom was right, and know how she came up with her little philosophy?<\/span><\/p>\n

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She has bipolar disorder just like Michele does!<\/span><\/p>\n

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And she’s been stable for a long time because she does what she told Michele to do, and what I told you that I do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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No matter how things seem, you can always find some good in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you’re struggling, there are good things you may not even have thought of.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Even if it’s just the little things:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Like, you found this website.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You’ve learned about bipolar disorder, more than you knew before, which means you’re getting help for your disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You have people that care about you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You have a roof over your head.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You have food to eat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You probably have a car to drive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you have children and they are healthy, count that as a good thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you are physically healthy, count that as a good thing, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you’re having a “good bipolar day,”\u00a0 that’s a REAL good thing!<\/span><\/p>\n

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These are just some examples.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know you can come up with more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’d love to hear about them.<\/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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<\/span><\/span>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’s it going?<\/p>\n

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Thanks to everyone for wishing my dad well. Like I said, he had a stroke.<\/p>\n

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I went to see him. He is doing okay.<\/p>\n

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He has to stay in the hospital until they figured out why his blood pressure is so very high. They have no idea why it is. <\/p>\n

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My mom,<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nUpdate on mom and dad\u2026.Bipolar? Remember the Good or Else - 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=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/update-on-mom-and-dad\u2026bipolar-remember-the-good-or-else\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Update on mom and dad\u2026.Bipolar? Remember the Good or Else - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How’s it going? Thanks to everyone for wishing my dad well. Like I said, he had a stroke. 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