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to take off to the gym. Before I did,
I wanted to bring up something important.<\/p>\n
I have a friend who is reading a
book on having an attitude of
gratitude, and she shared some
insights from it with me. And me,
of course, always looking for how
things relate to bipolar disorder,
put the two together like this:<\/p>\n
At first it doesn’t seem how there
is any way to be grateful for in
having bipolar disorder, but there
is, if you have an attitude of
gratitude in your life.<\/p>\n
In my courses and systems, I talk
about it as having a positive
attitude, which is kind of the
same thing:<\/p>\n
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But this book talks about things like
slowing down and really being aware
of the simplest things in your life that
you should be grateful for, even like
having hot water in your house!<\/p>\n
Or like having air conditioning in the
summer and heat in the winter,
things that other people may not
have, or that you may not have had
in the past.<\/p>\n
Or the car you’re driving. Many
people I know drive junkers. It’s
all they can afford. Now, you may
be one of those people. Or you may
drive a new (newer) car. In either
case, you should be grateful.<\/p>\n
And we all should be grateful for
having family.<\/p>\n
Because many people have bipolar
disorder, many therapists and
counselors recommend making a
Gratitude List, listing these simple
day-to-day things they are grateful
for, because it helps with their
depression.<\/p>\n
So that’s one way that a gratitude
list can help both survivors as well
as supporters.<\/p>\n
Because you can’t be both depressed
and grateful at the same time.<\/p>\n
But also, if you are doing a daily
gratitude list, it helps to keep you in
a positive state of mind, and being
positive, like I said before, is one of
the tools I talk about having in your
bipolar toolbox.<\/p>\n
It’s very important to be a positive
person when you’re dealing with
bipolar disorder, because it empowers
you. <\/p>\n
I’ve talked before about bipolar
as being like an entity outside yourself.<\/p>\n
Well, if you think of it as something
outside of yourself, like an enemy to
be defeated, then the way you can
defeat this enemy is to keep an
attitude of gratitude.<\/p>\n
If you find it difficult to get started
on having an attitude of gratitude,
just sit quietly and start to think of
the small things at first and let it
build slowly.<\/p>\n
If you have bipolar disorder, be
grateful that you are not in an
episode right now. Be grateful
that you have a good supporter
who cares about you and is on
your side. Then build from there.<\/p>\n
If you are a supporter, be grateful
that your loved one is not in an
episode right now. Be grateful for
your health, your children, the
weather, or anything else, no
matter how small or big.<\/p>\n
Then watch your list grow bigger
every day as you begin to be
grateful for more and more things.<\/p>\n
Well, I have to go, because I’m grateful
for having a healthy body that I can
take care of by going to the gym.<\/p>\n
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Your Friend,<\/p>\n
Dave<\/p>\n
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