{"id":430,"date":"2008-12-03T08:20:39","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T12:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=430"},"modified":"2009-03-12T02:22:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T06:22:47","slug":"learn-this-lesson-dont-be-a-bipolar-martyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/learn-this-lesson-dont-be-a-bipolar-martyr\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn this lesson. Don&#8217;t be a Bipolar Martyr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hope your day is going well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hey, I have to take off really quick today because I am determined to get a whole lot of things done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I actually have to head to the gym and then go to the library to do some research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s freezing where I am today so\u00a0 have to unfreeze my car which isn&#8217;t a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okay, do you know what a martyr is? Well, back in the old days, a martyr was someone who gave up their life for a cause.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They actually died.  Or were killed, usually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A martyr would represent a whole bunch of other people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They cared more about these other people than they cared about themselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They cared too much about what other people thought of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They cared too much about the cause than they cared themselves or even about their own families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don&#8217;t want you to be a bipolar martyr.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don&#8217;t want you to be any of those things I just mentioned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You don&#8217;t have to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You just have to be yourself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No one put that big S on your chest but YOU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You&#8217;re the one playing Super-Supporter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You&#8217;re the one who&#8217;s trying to save the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You&#8217;re the one who&#8217;s caring too much what other people think about you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But you don&#8217;t have to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All you have to do is be yourself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In my courses\/systems below, I talk about all the things it takes to be a good supporter, and one of the biggest things is taking care of yourself:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11\">http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com\">http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net\">http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><br \/>\nNo one expects as much from you as you expect from yourself, I bet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And I also bet that you would never expect as much from anyone else as you expect from yourself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All your loved one expects from you is for you to love them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anything more is, as they say, &#8220;ice cream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So stop trying to be a bipolar martyr.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No one expects you to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to take care of yourself, and the rest will fall into place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you don&#8217;t take care of yourself, how are you going to take care of your loved one?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So just relax, and be yourself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What do you think\/ Have any experience being a bipolar martyr? Has it worked?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ME<br \/>\nVisit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials\">http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide \u201cBipolar Disorder\u2014The REAL Silent Killer.\u201d  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypertracker.com\/go\/Post\/BP_Kills_BlogAd\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to get <strong>FREE Information<\/strong> sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hope your day is going well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hey, I have to take off really quick today because I am determined to get a whole lot of things done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I actually have to head to the gym and then go to the library to do some research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s freezing where I am today so\u00a0 have to unfreeze my car which isn&#8217;t a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okay,<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/learn-this-lesson-dont-be-a-bipolar-martyr\/\" class=\"more-link pull-right\" rel=\"bookmark\">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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Learn this lesson. 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