{"id":5392,"date":"2007-11-14T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/"},"modified":"2007-11-14T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-14T14:36:00","slug":"shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking description of part of bipolar disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>==>>Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<<==<br \/>Check out all my resources, programs and information<br \/>for all aspects of bipolar disorder by visiting:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp\">http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi, <\/p>\n<p>I hope you\u2019re doing ok today.  <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s new? Well it looks like my <br \/>blog is finally working right.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, you know, bipolar disorder is composed<br \/>of two parts. Mania and depression. That&#8217;s<br \/>the bi in bipolar.<\/p>\n<p>People ask me what&#8217;s mania like? I don&#8217;t<br \/>know because I don&#8217;t have bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>BUT, I got this disturbing email, but I think<br \/>it\u2019s really a good  description of mania, so <br \/>I wanted to share it with you (I took out the<br \/>person&#8217;s name because that&#8217;s not important).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dave,<\/p>\n<p>I hate bipolar disorder.  I hate having it so<br \/>much because it practically ruins my life<br \/>every time I have a manic episode.  It makes<br \/>me so out of control, and I don\u2019t even know<br \/>what I\u2019m doing, and what\u2019s the worst is that<br \/>I hurt the people I love the most, because I<br \/>do and say stuff I normally wouldn\u2019t do,<br \/>and then I don\u2019t even remember it later!<\/p>\n<p>And I hate that, because then they\u2019re all mad<br \/>at me, or really hurt, and I don\u2019t even know<br \/>what I\u2019ve done, and then I feel really guilty<br \/>about it.  And there\u2019s no way I can make it<br \/>up to them.  <\/p>\n<p>I hate how I am in a manic episode, but I<br \/>can\u2019t help it!  I get really racy, like I can\u2019t<br \/>sit down, and I\u2019m, like, all over the place.<br \/>Everything feels like it\u2019s going real fast.<\/p>\n<p>I talk a lot, and I talk real fast.  And I<br \/>always feel like I\u2019ve got so much to say, <br \/>and that what I\u2019ve got to say is so<br \/>important!  And I\u2019ve always got these great<br \/>ideas, and so many of them, and they come<br \/>so fast I can hardly keep up with them.  <\/p>\n<p>But when I\u2019m normal, none of them are good at<br \/>all.  When I\u2019m manic, the plans I start just<br \/>never get completed at all, cuz they were no<br \/>good to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>I hate feeling like I\u2019m crazy, I really do, but<br \/>I do feel like that.  That out of control <br \/>feeling.  That\u2019s what mania is like.  Like<br \/>you\u2019re crazy, out of control.  And you do<br \/>things, like I said, you do all these great<br \/>(grandiose) plans, and sometimes they<br \/>might hurt other people, and you don\u2019t<br \/>even realize it.  <\/p>\n<p>Like spending money.  Like your family\u2019s<br \/>money.  A lot of it.  Or the credit cards,<br \/>running up a lot of credit.  But you don\u2019t<br \/>think about the bills you (they) have to<br \/>pay later.  And that hurts them, or makes<br \/>them mad at you.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I could say it\u2019s not my fault.  I<br \/>wish I could say it\u2019s the bipolar\u2019s fault.<br \/>But I\u2019m the one who has the disorder,<br \/>and I\u2019m the one who feels guilty for<br \/>what I do when I\u2019m in an episode.<\/p>\n<p>And the worst part is, I don\u2019t even<br \/>remember doing any of it!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>This is a very accurate description of<br \/>what having bipolar mania is like, according<br \/>to what people with bipolar disorder<br \/>tell me. Michele Soloway read this<br \/>and said, &#8220;that&#8217;s mania described.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard from a supporter\u2019s point of view to<br \/>believe that the things that our loved ones<br \/>do are not their fault, or that they really<br \/>don\u2019t remember what they did.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we even believe they\u2019re<br \/>faking it, that they really do remember<br \/>what they did, or they\u2019re just using the<br \/>disorder as an excuse for unacceptable<br \/>behavior.<\/p>\n<p>In my courses and systems I talk about<br \/>how to control mania and also what do<br \/>do if a loved one goes into a manic episode:<\/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>You must try to prevent or stop<br \/>manic episodes. Bipolar supporters have to<br \/>do all they can.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because we\u2019re the ones who are<br \/>there when they do it, or we\u2019re the ones<br \/>who get the credit card bills.  But maybe<br \/>you can see now, from an insider\u2019s view,<br \/>that it hurts them just as much.  And that<br \/>they are not faking it.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I have to go. Catch you tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Your friend,<\/p>\n<p>Dave<br \/>&#8211;<br \/>P.S. Don&#8217;t forget to take a look through the <br \/>different programs I&#8217;ve put together&#8230; each one is designed <br \/>to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether<br \/>you have it or 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>P.P.S. 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\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.P.P.S 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<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>==Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-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>Shocking description of part of 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\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shocking description of part of bipolar disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"==Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder Continue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-11-14T14:36:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Oliver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Oliver\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Oliver\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/#\/schema\/person\/bdb1948c35c678d8a189cbe999dcad75\"},\"headline\":\"Shocking description of part of bipolar disorder\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-11-14T14:36:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-11-14T14:36:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/\"},\"wordCount\":14,\"commentCount\":39,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/#\/schema\/person\/bdb1948c35c678d8a189cbe999dcad75\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/\",\"name\":\"Shocking description of part of bipolar disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-11-14T14:36:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-11-14T14:36:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/shocking-description-of-part-of-bipolar-disorder\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shocking description of part of bipolar disorder\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/\",\"name\":\"Bipolar Supporter Blog\",\"description\":\"With this blog, I want to keep all of you updated on important information about bipolar disorder and how it affects families. 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