{"id":5196,"date":"2008-04-29T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-truth-about-bipolar-disorder\/"},"modified":"2008-04-29T06:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T10:51:00","slug":"the-truth-about-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-truth-about-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s going on?<\/p>\n<p>I hope you are doing well.<\/p>\n<p>Before I took off for the day I wanted<br \/>to talk to you about something.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the title says, today I&#8217;m<br \/>going to talk about the truth about <br \/>bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, some of you <br \/>probably read the title and thought<br \/>this was going to be an easy topic.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you probably thought<br \/>this was going to be information<br \/>you probably already have.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you probably thought<br \/>this isn&#8217;t going to be information<br \/>that applies to you.<\/p>\n<p>And most of you probably thought<br \/>this was going to be something<br \/>you wanted to hear.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the last group of people I&#8217;m<br \/>worried about, because sometimes<br \/>the truth is hard to swallow.<\/p>\n<p>Well, here it is anyway:<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes dealing with bipolar<br \/>disorder takes time, and it&#8217;s hard.<br \/>but you probably know that.<br \/>That isn&#8217;t news.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like a lot of things in life &#8211;<br \/>Like losing weight.<br \/>Like building an organization.<\/p>\n<p>It takes time and it&#8217;s hard.<br \/>You&#8217;ve heard the old expression,<br \/>&#8220;Anything that&#8217;s worth doing,<br \/>is worth doing well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That means that whatever you&#8217;re<br \/>going to do, it&#8217;s going to take<br \/>time to do it (and a lot of sweat)<br \/>to do it well, to give it your best<br \/>shot. <\/p>\n<p>So in doing something hard,<br \/>there is an uphill part and then <br \/>things get easier.<\/p>\n<p>Just like a snowball is small and hard to<br \/>push up hill and eventually it&#8217;s really big<br \/>and you roll down the hill (it gets easier). <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s like bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Some things are simple, but not easy.<br \/>Learning how to be a good supporter<br \/>may be simple (for instance, just<br \/>read my course on it).  But it sure<br \/>isn&#8217;t easy.<\/p>\n<p>In my courses I do tell you how to<br \/>be a good supporter:<\/p>\n<p>Check out my courses\/systems:<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>Visit:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11\">http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>Visit:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com\">http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>Visit:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net\">http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it might be simple (or at least<br \/>The concepts are simple), but it sure <br \/>isn&#8217;t easy!<\/p>\n<p>But some supporters do want it to <br \/>be easy.  They want it just like that.<br \/>They don&#8217;t want to put the work into<br \/>it that needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying they&#8217;re lazy or anything,<br \/>just that maybe they&#8217;re thinking, &#8220;I<br \/>didn&#8217;t sign on for this!&#8221;  Like maybe<br \/>this is much harder than they<br \/>expected.<\/p>\n<p>And that happens to a lot of<br \/>supporters.<\/p>\n<p>For each supporter who is willing<br \/>to put in all the time and effort<br \/>(and sweat) to be a good supporter,<br \/>to read my courses, to do the<br \/>research, to read everything they<br \/>can get their hands on, to go to<br \/>support groups, to learn as much<br \/>as they can about bipolar disorder\u2026<br \/>etc.  there are at least 2 or 3 who<br \/>won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>And it is those 2 or 3 who are the<br \/>ones I hear from who complain<br \/>that their loved one isn&#8217;t getting<br \/>better.<\/p>\n<p>See, the supporters who are 100%<br \/>devoted to helping their loved one<br \/>get better and doing everything<br \/>they can, those are the ones who<br \/>I get success stories from!  From<br \/>both the supporter and their loved<br \/>one &#8211; and believe me, I LOVE<br \/>getting those success stories!<\/p>\n<p>It hurts me so much when I get<br \/>the other kind of letters, though.<br \/>I wish I could help you.  I know<br \/>how hard it is, because I remember<br \/>how hard it is before I did all my<br \/>research for my mom and found<br \/>out everything I did about being<br \/>a good supporter.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think I wanted to do all<br \/>that I had to do to make my mom<br \/>well?  No!  I saw how much of my<br \/>time and energy it was going to <br \/>take up front.  So why did I do it?<\/p>\n<p>Because I wanted my mom to get<br \/>well.  Pure and simple.  And I was<br \/>willing to do whatever it took.<\/p>\n<p>See, that&#8217;s the attitude you have to<br \/>have as a supporter.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the truth about bipolar<br \/>disorder.  It&#8217;s not going to go away<br \/>by itself.  Your loved one is not<br \/>going to get better without your<br \/>100% help.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever it takes.<\/p>\n<p>I have to run, catch you tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Your Friend,<\/p>\n<p>Dave<\/p>\n<p>===>> Great Resources For You <===\n\nGet Your Own Subscription To This Newsletter<br \/>Want your own copy of these daily bipolar<br \/>emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/register3\">http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/register3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get More Help On Bipolar Disorder<br \/>Don&#8217;t forget to take a look through the<br \/>different programs I&#8217;ve put together&#8230; each<br \/>one is designed to help you with a different<br \/>area of bipolar disorder whether you have it or<br \/>you are supporting someone with it.<br \/>You can see them all and get the details by visiting:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp\">http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View Past Daily Bipolar Emails For F.REE<br \/>Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails<br \/>that I have sent in the past and lots of great<br \/>information for you:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/\">http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Audio Information On Bipolar Disorder For F.REE<br \/>Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give<br \/>mini seminars designed to teach you information<br \/>you can&#8217;t learn anywhere else.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com\">http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s going on?<\/p>\n<p>I hope you are doing well.<\/p>\n<p>Before I took off for the day I wanted<br \/>to talk to you about something.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the title says, today I&#8217;m<br \/>going to talk about the truth about <br \/>bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, some of you <br \/>probably read the title and thought<br \/>this was going to be an easy topic.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you probably thought<br \/>this was going to be information<br \/>you probably already have.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-truth-about-bipolar-disorder\/\" 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":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Truth About 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=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-truth-about-bipolar-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Truth About Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, What&#8217;s going on? 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