{"id":5214,"date":"2008-04-15T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/is-this-true-about-bipolar-disorder\/"},"modified":"2008-04-15T05:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T09:46:00","slug":"is-this-true-about-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/is-this-true-about-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this true about bipolar disorder?"},"content":{"rendered":"

=>PLEASE FORWARD TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND LOVED ONES <=\n\nHi,\n\nHow’s it going?\n\nI am just getting ready to take off for
the gym.<\/p>\n

Before I did, I wanted to ask again, if
you had an experience with something called
the Tickey to Work program.<\/p>\n

If you already wrote me thanks. If you know
any one, please forward this email.<\/p>\n

I am looking for people to write me about
how it was or is for them.<\/p>\n

This is for writing me about ticket to work
ONLY. Yesterday like 100 people wrote me, “Dave
I know you are busy but I need to talk to you”
emails. Realistically I can’t write and phone
100 people in a day.<\/p>\n

To talk about bipolar disorder AND the Ticket
to work program please write me at <\/p>\n

feedbacktodave@mentalhealthworld.net<\/p>\n

Okay…<\/p>\n

I read a quote the other day that really
made me think:<\/p>\n

“Our lives improve only when we take
chances \u2013 and the first and most difficult
risk we can take is to be honest with
ourselves.” \u2013 Walter Anderson
(Editor, Parade Magazine)<\/p>\n

Wow. Isn’t that profound?<\/p>\n

So many people go around in a
state of denial. I talk about this
in my courses, because a lot of
people, when they’re told that
they have bipolar disorder, go into
a state of denial, saying that they
don’t have it.<\/p>\n

Check out my courses\/systems below:<\/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

It’s really hard, as a supporter of a
loved one who you know has bipolar
disorder, to be with them when they
deny that they even have the disorder.<\/p>\n

That’s one of the biggest areas I go into
in my courses, because as a supporter
you need to be understanding of the
stages they go through before they will
accept their diagnosis.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, in her book
On Death and Dying, describes 5
Stages of Grief, and only the last one
is acceptance, and they apply not only
to grief, but to bipolar disorder as well.<\/p>\n

The 5 stages of grieving are: denial,
anger, bargaining, depression, and then
finally, acceptance.<\/p>\n

So denial is the first, where they don’t
believe they even have the disorder.<\/p>\n

But then they finally arrive at
acceptance, and at that point they
should be like the quote at the beginning
of this email.<\/p>\n

But you know what? So should you.<\/p>\n

Because for ALL of us, we only improve
if we take chances, and if we become
honest with ourselves.<\/p>\n

If your loved one becomes honest
with themselves, then they can accept
their diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and
then they can start learning how to
manage it, especially if they get one of
my courses which will teach them how
to do it.<\/p>\n

But if you can accept your role
as the supporter of someone who does
have bipolar disorder and especially
if you get the supporters course, then
you can learn how to help them.
The biggest surprise is that you can
learn to help YOURSELF!<\/p>\n

Yeah, cause you need help just as much as
your loved one does. Even though all
the attention seems to be on your
loved one, you do need as much help.<\/p>\n

But the first step for both of you is that
you have to be honest with yourselves.
And like the quote says, it is a risk.
It sure isn’t easy! We sometimes don’t
like to look at what we see in the mirror.<\/p>\n

But you know what? Once we can do that,
change is a great thing! Our lives begin to
improve! We can do things we never thought
we could do before!<\/p>\n

Like with your loved one’s bipolar disorder.
Think about it. When they were first told,
you may have thought it was like a death
sentence or something.<\/p>\n

But here I’m telling you that it is not only
NOT a death sentence, it is a chance
to GROW, to CHANGE! And that is a
positive thing.<\/p>\n

It’s all in how you look at it.<\/p>\n

Your Friend,<\/p>\n

Dave<\/p>\n

===>> Great Resources For You <===\n\nGet Your Own Subscription To This Newsletter
Want your own copy of these daily bipolar
emails sent to you for F.ree? If so, visit:
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

Get Audio Information On Bipolar Disorder For F.REE
Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give
mini seminars designed to teach you information
you can’t learn anywhere else.
http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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