{"id":45,"date":"2008-06-23T07:17:42","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T11:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=45"},"modified":"2009-03-19T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T20:14:33","slug":"45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/45\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I a fraud? My goal for bipolar disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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How’s it going?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks for responding to my help wanted question yesterday. I had about 500 responses already. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I have to read through them all today and tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actually today Megan starts working for us again. She was on Maternity leave. She is an incredible, and I mean incredible writer and thinker.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One more thing. I saw someone post on the blog why don’t I offer F.ree consultations for those people that get my course for people with bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I actually do, do offer f.ree I call you over the phone and answer any non medical and non legal questions because I am NOT a doctor or therapist.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have been doing that for years now. I offer this type of consultation with my main courses below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Okay, I hope you are doing well today.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The other day I saw an interesting response to one of my emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It basically said that I was “manic” because I send out daily emails. It also said that I was a fraud because I was trying to over- simplify bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My goal is to try to make it simple for people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think emails like the one above are funny. It’s sad. In the old days when I had time, I would talk to people like this and 99.9% of them had bipolar disorder, were off medications and were almost using a projection on me—they were actually not doing well and saying I had bipolar disorder and I wasn’t doing well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you are a bipolar supporter, you know that old trick, it’s you who has the problem not your loved one who isn’t doing well? Know what I mean? <\/span>It’s sad. I didn’t bother writing this person back because I don’t have time to address stuff like this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was talking to someone who works for me that has bipolar disorder and they said it’s so sad how misguided many people with the disorder are. They think that success is super complicated and it’s not possible for them. They grow mad at the people trying to help them. They alienate everyone around them. This person that worked for me said that I should talk about it in my daily emails.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before I do, let me say for the 1000th <\/span>time. I am NOT a doctor, therapist, lawyer, <\/span>accountant, or other professional. I am NOT <\/span>offering medical, legal or financial advice. <\/span>Okay with that said, there are many people on my list who unfortunately aren’t doing well. Why? Well the bigger the list gets the more people aren’t doing well. If you have 250,000 people who have signed up, if you just have HALF a percent not doing well that’s 1250 people.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you read the blog, normally the most mean-spirited emails come from those that are characterized by the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Having bipolar disorder and being off their medication<\/span><\/p>\n

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OR<\/span><\/p>\n

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A bipolar supporter, normally a supporter of a child or teen that feels they have no control over the situation so they lash out at society. <\/span>That person asked if I am manic because I am able to send daily emails everyday. Actually sending daily emails is a function of setting goals, time management and having priorities. The average person could do what I do if they watched let’s say 5 hours of TV instead of the 7.5 that studies say each person watches on average.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actually the daily emails was an idea that I got from someone named Matt. He suggested that I do it. He said that I should send bit size pieces of information each day so people could keep up with bipolar and learn something. But he warned not to make it too technical or boring. He also said to get the message out and don’t get all caught up in making the grammar perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So more than a year ago, I started. Each day I type up something and send it out. It takes up to 1.5 hours a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My goal has been to try to help both bipolar supporters and survivors deal with bipolar disorder. Hundreds of thousands of people now see my daily emails. Many love them. Some <\/span>hate them. One of my biggest goals it to take away the mystery of what it takes to be a good bipolar supporter and how to manage bipolar disorder successfully.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How do I know what I am taking about since I am not a doctor? Good question.<\/span><\/p>\n

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First my mom <\/span>has bipolar disorder and I helped her go from almost losing everything with massive d.ebt, virtually no friends, no health insurance, no job, no doctor, and totally unstable without no one knowing how to help her to doing super well, stable, having a job, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now if you are thinking, “Hey Dave, that sounds great, maybe that’s a fluke.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Good point. In addition to helping my mom, I have helped thousands of people through my materials and personally worked with probably over a 100. I have 12 people who work for me that have a disorder like bipolar disorder. One has 10 disorders. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Many people who work for me attempted suicide multiple times, were divorced many times, homeless, bankrupt, couldn’t keep a job for more than 3 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today, the people who work for me are stable, productive, and doing really well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When it comes to bipolar disorder, I know what I am talking about because of all this experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over the years, I have worked hard to figure out what it takes to manage bipolar disorder. I have determined one thing, bipolar disorder can be simply to manage but at the same time it’s difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The bottom line is that a system is needed. The system is made up of little mini systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is what every success story that I know does.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For example, Michele, who works for me has probably 20 mini systems that work to go along with her entire system of managing her disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each system is fairly simple. It’s taken <\/span>many years for her to figure it all out. <\/span>Why do I have courses and systems on bipolar disorder like the ones below?<\/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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My goal is to help people cut the learning curve down. The odd thing is this, with interview after interview that I do, it takes the average person with bipolar disorder or average bipolar supporter 15 to 20 years to figure it all out IF the person with the disorder<\/span><\/p>\n

is alive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I just interviewed a woman named Tammie today. It took her from 1980 to around 2003 to figure out how to manage bipolar disorder. That’s a long time. Lots of what she does now is simple. It just took lots of time to figure it all out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For my mom it took about 40 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With Michele who works for me about 25 or so years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For April more than 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The list goes on and on. It’s odd but many of the key things with dealing with bipolar disorder are indeed simple but it takes some amount of time to figure it out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Obviously when 20% of the people with bipolar attempt suicide lots of people are NOT figuring it out soon enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you are doing well and have bipolar disorder do you think it’s simple once you figure it out or do you think it’s complex?<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you are a bipolar supporter, and your loved one is doing well, do you find it simple or complex to be a good one?<\/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’s it going?<\/p>\n

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Thanks for responding to my help wanted question yesterday. I had about 500 responses already. <\/p>\n

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I have to read through them all today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Actually today Megan starts working for us again. She was on Maternity leave. She is an incredible, and I mean incredible writer and thinker.<\/p>\n

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One more thing.<\/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":"\nAm I a fraud? My goal for bipolar disorder - 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\/45\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Am I a fraud? My goal for bipolar disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How’s it going? Thanks for responding to my help wanted question yesterday. I had about 500 responses already. I have to read through them all today and tomorrow. 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