{"id":5162,"date":"2008-05-27T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/welcome-and-is-bipolar-disorder-a-lie\/"},"modified":"2008-05-27T08:22:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T12:22:00","slug":"welcome-and-is-bipolar-disorder-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/welcome-and-is-bipolar-disorder-a-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome and Is Bipolar Disorder a Lie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <=\n\nHi,\n\nFirst I wanted to say Welcome to
all our new subscribers. Over the last
24 hours we have gotten up to 2400
NEW subscribers to the bipolar
news and daily.<\/p>\n

Okay, let’s jump into today’s topic.<\/p>\n

You’re not going to believe this,
but I was actually accused of
being a fraud, because of having
this website for people with
bipolar disorder and their
supporters, because this person
didn’t believe that bipolar disorder
is real. <\/p>\n

This person actually said that
bipolar disorder is a LIE!<\/p>\n

Now, I don’t know if this has
ever happened to you, but I
was stuck between not wanting
to say anything to even defend
myself because it was obvious
that this guy knew absolutely
nothing and I would be wasting
my breath — <\/p>\n

and totally telling him off, which
would also probably have been
wasting my breath, since I don’t
think this guy would have listened
to a word anyway \u2013 he was too
sure of himself.<\/p>\n

But to believe that bipolar
disorder is a LIE?<\/p>\n

Then how come 13 million
people in this country have it?<\/p>\n

Now I know our government
Isn’t always forthcoming about
a lot of things, but that is their
statistic! And that’s only the
REPORTED cases! I wonder
how many UNREPORTED
cases there are? I wonder how
many people really have bipolar
disorder?<\/p>\n

At any rate, it’s impossible to
believe that the disorder is a lie.<\/p>\n

A person who has bipolar
disorder would certainly say that
the disorder is NOT a lie!<\/p>\n

And a supporter of a loved one
with bipolar disorder would
definitely not say that the
disorder is a lie!<\/p>\n

That’s because you deal with
the disorder day in and day out.<\/p>\n

In my courses\/systems, I go into
how society looks at bipolar
disorder and that this kind of
thinking is part of the stigma
of the disorder:<\/p>\n

SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n

SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n

HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n

So since I teach about it, you would
think I would be used to it, right?<\/p>\n

Wrong!<\/p>\n

It still makes me mad that other
people are still so ignorant of the
facts about bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

I have tried so hard to build up
bipolarcentral.com from scratch
and did so much research (taking
9 months off from work) and took
so much time at first to help my mom
and then to help so many other
people with bipolar disorder who
I discovered needed help too, that
I KNOW that bipolar disorder is
real.<\/p>\n

Obviously, this man doesn’t have
someone with the disorder, or he
wouldn’t say it’s a lie.<\/p>\n

But what do you say to someone
like this?<\/p>\n

Years ago, when bipolar disorder
first started being diagnosed, I
know someone who got disability
for bipolar disorder in only 90 days. <\/p>\n

Recently, I ran into someone who
didn’t get his disability for 3 years,
because by the time he applied for it,
everyone and their brother was
claiming to have the disorder! <\/p>\n

It probably took the second guy
3 years to get his disability because
most likely by then some people
were lying about having the disorder
just to get disability.<\/p>\n

The point is, that these people
might be lying, but that doesn’t
mean that bipolar disorder itself
is a lie..<\/p>\n

See the difference?<\/p>\n

Still, I think this guy is way off
base calling bipolar disorder a lie.<\/p>\n

Anyone who lives with it KNOWS
that bipolar disorder is NOT a LIE.<\/p>\n

FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ME
Visit: http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials<\/a><\/p>\n

Your Friend,<\/p>\n

Dave<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/register3<\/a><\/p>\n

Get More Help On Bipolar Disorder
Don’t forget to take a look through the
different programs I’ve put together… each
one is designed to help you with a different
area of bipolar disorder whether you have it or
you are supporting someone with it.
You can see them all and get the details by visiting:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

View Past Daily Bipolar Emails For F.REE
Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails
that I have sent in the past and lots of great
information for you:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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