Hi,<\/p>\n
How’s it going?<\/p>\n
I had a good day yesterday. I hope
you did too. <\/p>\n
There was a woman that posted a message
on my blog and she really needed help.<\/p>\n
So I had her email me with her phone number.
Unfortunately I was suppose to call her
2 days ago but ran out of time because
I have been working 16 hour days.<\/p>\n
Anyway, yesterday I called and spoke
with her. She was a great supporter
and a super nice person.<\/p>\n
I felt like a quick phone call from me
would help her out and it did. <\/p>\n
In her case, I felt she has been
doing too much for her son and that
she has to do a lot less. She is
really on track now.<\/p>\n
She wrote a great message which
sums up some important points:<\/p>\n
LAURIE(Dillon’s mom) said… <\/p>\n
HELLO EVERYONE, I AM FEELING SO HAPPY AND
EXCITED TODAY. DAVE OLIVER CALLED ME!! to
talk about my son who has bipolar. I don’t
know why so many of you people get angry
with him. <\/p>\n
You don’t have to come here if you don’t
like what is being said. He only calls
it as he sees it from the experiences he
has had with bipolar and his mom and he
makes everyone aware of just that. He
doesn’t blame the family he only points
out that bipolar is difficult and especially
without a support system. <\/p>\n
That support system is usually your family
or some part thereof. I think Dave is great
and I could not believe my ears when he
advised me that is was him on the phone.
He took time out of his day to call me when
I indicated how in distress I was and
struggling to know if I had done the right
things or if I am or am not doing at least
some of the right things to help my son
overcome his challenge of bipolar. <\/p>\n
It is also obvious that Brittany Spears
has no support system. Everybody was there
when she was a shining star but what about
now? People are really something else and
so quick to judge too. People who are bipolar
do care they just don’t have the same thoughts
as what some would consider a “normal” person
or mentally healthy would say it better. <\/p>\n
I think what Dave does here is super fantastic.
Try to keep in mind that nobody is going to
agree with someone elses ideas all the time.
If coming here helps more than it doesn’t
then it is certainly serving its purpose. It
is great just to know we are not alone in this
battle. THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH DAVE FOR CALLING ME.
I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
-LAURIE<\/p>\n
Well my Sunday didn’t start off well
today.<\/p>\n
I got a number of phone calls from people
who work for me that someone was calling,
emailing and also posting totally ridiculous
things. Saying this and that about me.
The interesting thing was, it was from
two bipolar supporters.<\/p>\n
You want to know something amazing. Well
two things that are amazing.<\/p>\n
First, working with people who have
bipolar disorder is truly amazing. It
really is. I have super smart people
who work with me. They are amazing.
They catch stuff super fast and
report it to me. <\/p>\n
Second, the people with bipolar disorder
are generally not the ones that threaten
and attack me the most. It’s the bipolar
supporters. I have had people who are
bipolar supporters scream and yell
at me beyond what I have ever had before.<\/p>\n
I understand these people are mad but
sometimes it gets totally out of control.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I must say, I am annoyed
today. I am just being honest. Why?<\/p>\n
Well I have about a 3 hour conference
call today. It’s going to be very
intense and involve math and very complicated
things so I wanted to have a fresh mind.<\/p>\n
I had to get up early when I like to sleep
a little longer and deal with some nonsense.<\/p>\n
In a strange way, it rarely bothers me,
when people with bipolar disorder attack
and threaten me because I know they
aren’t doing well. I don’t give them
a total pass but I can understand.<\/p>\n
I actually had a woman who threaten
to kill me. She actually hurt someone
else and went to jail. She wrote me
about a month ago saying she was out of
jail and sorry. I forgave her. She is
a nice person. BUT, she told me and
learned that she must always take
her bipolar medications. She said
she learned the hard way.<\/p>\n
I actually had a different topic
I was going to write today. It was
going to be more upbeat. But I must
say, again, I am annoyed at the nonsense
that I heard about this morning.<\/p>\n
Someone who works me indicated:<\/p>\n
a) she would never put up what I put
up with<\/p>\n
b) she would never want to be me
and run this stuff<\/p>\n
c) she would never allow people to
email, call and post freely. <\/p>\n
She said however she was happy
that I do because she can w.ork at
home working with me.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I was thinking of something
as well.<\/p>\n
None of this would exist if it weren’t
for my mom agreeing that I could use
her story. <\/p>\n
Early on, I spoke with Pascale who works
with me and we both said, well if my mom
won’t let me use her story, then the site
really won’t make sense. I didn’t want
to be one of those sites that information
was from Bob Jones even though my real
name is David Oliver. I didn’t want to
be anonymous like all the other sites.<\/p>\n
I had a lady come to me the other day
and it was odd. He site said one name
and her real name was something else.
That’s just weird to me. I know like
people like Mark Twain I think did
that but it still doesn’t make sense.<\/p>\n
Take a look around. There is only ONE
other site out there were the person
who runs the site is totally open and
transparent as to who she is. I applaud
her.<\/p>\n
Today I have my real name and address
on the site. More than 1 million people have
viewed it now.<\/p>\n
Any many people have access to me.
I don’t know of any other site owner
who takes calls, makes calls, meets
with people, responds to emails, letters,
faxes, etc. Maybe there are some but
I don’t know them.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I called my mom yesterday and
thanked her that she agreed to let me
use her story. She said
no problem. <\/p>\n
She then expressed concern
that she was bothered that some people
attack me, threaten to kill me,
make stuff up about me, and say this
and that. She said she was worried about
me and she said maybe I should focus
on other things.<\/p>\n
I told her don’t worry about it.<\/p>\n
But now I am worried that she is worried.
My mom doesn’t really know how to ready
my blog or see anything. I just don’t
want her to get stressed about it. Recently,
I kind of slipped up and told her about a
few situations.<\/p>\n
As I told my mom, the reality is, and some times I tend
to forget, the vast majority of people
are kind and friendly. I have over I believe
now 6000 testimonials. There’s so many
it’s hard to count. Over 500 pages in
MS word.<\/p>\n
Take a look here (NOTE- I have one file posted I remember when I first started this Anyway, back to my mom, I told her, I have I know that I can help a lot of people. #2 I know how to get the word out. I am If you have been following me for a while Anyway, eventually I figured out why there Anyway, they really didn’t reach very So after I decided to really work at BUT, I knew when I decided to try to reach 1. I will be criticized.<\/p>\n 2. I will be told that I don’t know 3. I will be told I take advantage of people.<\/p>\n 4. I will be threatened<\/p>\n 5. Some will say that I am a really the marketing 6. Some will say I don’t have a mom really and 7. Some will say I have bipolar disorder<\/p>\n 8. Some will make fun of my mom<\/p>\n 9. Some will say that I am crazy<\/p>\n 10. Some will say that I will fail and 11. I will be told that I am a con man, scam 12. I will be told that I work secretly 13. I will be told all I care about is money and 14. I will be told that I hate people with bipolar 15. I make up or pay people who write positive The list goes on. You want to know the crazy How could I be born if I don’t have a I guess I could have been born in a lab \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Anyway, I really do have a mother like This entire situation started because This is not the case. When you get SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER? SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER? HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER? You’ll see I don’t blame the family On the other hand, there are tons of Finally I would like to address something. A friend of mine that watches TV 8 hours I saw a post on my blog that said that Everyday I have to think of something Remember when they were debating I really would like to see the person Finally, I want to say. You may Also, just realize, I am trying Okay, well I have to run. Sorry for Your Friend,<\/p>\n Dave<\/p>\n P.S. Don’t forget to take a look through the P.P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails P.P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give Hi,<\/p>\n How’s it going?<\/p>\n I had a good day yesterday. I hope There was a woman that posted a message So I had her email me with her phone number.
here but actually have another file with like
175 pages in it):
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials\/<\/a><\/p>\n
site. It was one page. Today, it’s
the largest, biggest and most visited
in the world for this topic.<\/p>\n
two choices, I can either just let this all coast
and not put any effort into it. Simple
keep what’s up and let it just go. OR,
I can simply ignore the people who
say things that make no sense and move
forward and try to help as many people
as possible.<\/p>\n
Why? Well because of two reasons. #1
I have a great team. Actually an amazing
team. I know people with other organizations
that don’t have a great team at all.
My team is great. We have absolutely fantastic
people on the team. <\/p>\n
good at marketing. I realized early on,
that all the supporter groups that I volunteer
at, are not good at marketing. As a result
they reach very few people. In addition,
they have no money. It’s a sad reality.
As a result, the struggle to exist. Ones
that use to exist no longer do.<\/p>\n
I use to talk about this group 2 years ago
that was incredible. They had the best
speakers, meetings, food and topics. It
was incredible. BUT, there were only like
15 people ever at an event. It was amazing.
On the positive side, you could ask unlimited
questions because there were so few people.<\/p>\n
were so few people. They did no marketing
of themselves. They had no marketing budget.
BUT, they had a food budget which kind of
annoyed me. I guess they were backed by
a big drug company that provided food but
not money for marketing. <\/p>\n
many people.<\/p>\n
this, I know a lot of money had to
be spent in marketing to reach as
many people as possible.<\/p>\n
as many people as possible not everything
would be good. I said to myself:<\/p>\n
what I am talking about because I am not a
doctor or therapist.<\/p>\n
arm of a drug company because I say people with
bipolar should take medication.<\/p>\n
the entire story is made up.<\/p>\n
no one will read or like my stuff.<\/p>\n
artist, evil, and going straight to hell.<\/p>\n
for the drug industry pushing medications
on those with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
I am greedy.<\/p>\n
disorder secretly.<\/p>\n
things about me. This is super funny because I
don’t even have the address or phone number of
the thousands upon thousands of people
that have written positive things
about me. Also look at:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials\/<\/a><\/p>\n
thing? Everything I wrote has been said. As
crazy as some of it sounds. The I don’t
really have a mother is the most funny. <\/p>\n
mother?<\/p>\n
99.9% of everyone else.<\/p>\n
some bipolar supporters believe that
I blame the family instead of the
patient.<\/p>\n
my courses\/systems below:<\/p>\n
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n
Visit:
http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n
all the time. There are some families
that deserve some blame. Like my family.
My dad will admit he didn’t do a whole
lot about my mom’s bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
families out there that do way too
much for the person with bipolar disorder
and that person is taking advantage of them.<\/p>\n
Why did I write about Britney Spears
yesterday? It’s really simply.<\/p>\n
a day brought her up. I didn’t even know
what was going on. Then I realized I could
tie it into a daily email.<\/p>\n
I intentionally tied my daily email
into a “hot topic.” OF COURSE I DID.<\/p>\n
to write. Sometimes there is stuff in
the news that is a tie in for bipolar
disorder. Many times there is not.
Tomorrow if there is a story about
SOMETHING that could be tied into
bipolar disorder, do you think
I will be writing about it?
OF COURSE. Very strange. It’s so
obvious.<\/p>\n
about taking Terry Schiavo off
life support? What did I talk
about “bipolar lesson from Terry
Schiavo” which was having a
a living will, medical power of attorney
and all your paperwork set BEFORE
a bipolar episode.<\/p>\n
who criticized me come up with
and write a daily email EVERY SINGLE
day and tie it to bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
see some really crazy stuff posted.
I have people who monitor 24 hours
a day and take off dangerous things.
You may see what I wrote about above
or even worse. I can’t help it or
stop some people. Just realize this.<\/p>\n
my very hardest to help as many
people as I can using all the methods
that I know how, and trying to
employee more and more
people. Especially those with a
mental illness.<\/p>\n
the long email but I was kind of
annoyed today. Have a great day.<\/p>\n
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
that I have sent in the past and lots of great
information for you:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/<\/a><\/p>\n
mini seminars designed to teach you information
you can’t learn anywhere else.
http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
you did too. <\/p>\n
on my blog and she really needed help.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately I was suppose to call her
2 days ago but ran out of time because
I have been working 16 hour days.<\/p>\n