==>>Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<<==
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for all aspects of bipolar disorder by visiting:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/p>\n
Hi,<\/p>\n
How’s it going?<\/p>\n
I wanted to write today about a serious
problem that I see many people having and a big
mistake that is being made.<\/p>\n
Recently I have noticed a whole lot of people
contacting me and wanting almost instant answers
on how to totally completely help a loved one
from a to z in a few days.<\/p>\n
Some of the conversations and posts that I have
seen make me really want to send out this email.<\/p>\n
First, you have to understand, things with bipolar disorder
take time. You can’t rush stuff. You can’t push your
loved one to get better “immediately.” It would be
great if there was a way to undo a bipolar episode in
a few hours or days but there is NOT such a way.<\/p>\n
I can’t believe I have read people want a “magic”
set of words to get a person to accept their illness.<\/p>\n
Michele Soloway pointed this out to me and she was
like, “When someone writes something like that,
do you think they are serious?” I told her, “yea
I think so.”<\/p>\n
She said, “boy that’s scary.” It really is.<\/p>\n
Another person sent me a letter in the mail and his is
a quote from it “I just need a few quick ideas
to get her to understand what she has. I don’t
have lots of time so please keep it short.”<\/p>\n
Imagine getting a letter like that?<\/p>\n
When you get my courses\/systems below:<\/p>\n
SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/p>\n
SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/p>\n
HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Visit:
http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/p>\n
You will notice, that I have a CD called
“My Mom’s Story.” Why do I have this cd? Well
it’s to show from a to z how long and what I had
to go through to help my mom get stable and start
to fix all the things that she had done when she
was in her major bipolar episode.<\/p>\n
I do this so people have an idea of how long
it takes. I remember when my mom was on the
road to stability, I always thought in my head,
“Is she on track? Behind? Ahead?” I had no
one to ask and to compare to. When you listen to
that CD it gives you some idea. Everyone is
obviously different but the cd represents a
fair understanding of how long it will take.<\/p>\n
But for those that haven’t listened yet,
I have a few things to say. Each problem
with bipolar disorder can be solved in a multitude
of ways. There are generally no one size fits
all solutions to every problem. Just like each
person requires a different group of medication
or medications.<\/p>\n
Take a look at this.<\/p>\n
Let’s look at getting someone into treatment. There
are more than 23 ways I have discovered that can accomplish
then. I have personally used 3 of them. The first
one worked the first time I needed it. However the second
time my mom went into an episode, the first method, second,
third, fourth and I think like up to method 7 didn’t work.
Eventually one method worked for her SECOND episode. Then
in her third episode, the previous other two methods did NOT
and I repeat did NOT work. I had to keep trying stuff
until something finally worked.<\/p>\n
How did I come up with a list of 23? Well the ones
that I didn’t personally invent, came from
people all over the world that had other ideas that
worked.<\/p>\n
When I had about 15,000 people on my list, I sent out an email
to everyone asking for people to send me a proven way
they used to get a loved one into treatment. I got hundreds
of responses. Any time I got the same response 4 times
I included it on the list. I also then interviewed one of the
people who used the technique. <\/p>\n
In my bipolar supporter course, you find all these options.
BUT, there is NO magic few words or one line that works in
all cases. I am kind of amazed people even think that it’s
going to be that easy.<\/p>\n
Now let’s look at something else. Getting someone to accept
his\/her bipolar disorder. There are a number of techniques
in this area as well. Each technique has to be tried to see
which one will work.<\/p>\n
Michele and I were talking today and we both said,
if you are going to be a good bipolar supporter, you have
to be realistic and fair to your loved one. You can’t
expect instant results.<\/p>\n
Remember that bipolar disorder is tough and complicated. It’s
going to be hard in the beginning getting the ball rolling.
Some times you might feel the ball is going to roll back down
the hill and run you over. But you push harder and harder
and then eventually you are up the stability mountain where
things are calm, peaceful and much easier. It does take time
and it takes techniques and there are a lots of them to learn.<\/p>\n
My goal is to have you cut your learning curve down substantially.
Instead of it taking you 5 to 15 to 20 years to figure it
all out. I want to cut that down dramatically into 6 months,
a year, etc.<\/p>\n
Do you know how many years my mom spent trying to figure out
bipolar disorder? Seriously decades. Michele Soloway spent
more than 20 years. Bob who works the bipolar inner circle
forum took more than 10 or 15 years. <\/p>\n
I don’t have an exact statistic but the average person who
is either a supporter or survivor has spent more than 10
years trying to develop a way to cope and deal with
bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
My goal like I said it so to cut that way down but I am
NEVER, EVER going to cut the learning curve down to a few
minutes, hours or days.<\/p>\n
Today I just wanted to remind everyone this.<\/p>\n
I know personally with my mom, November is a tough period
and so is December. We have the system in place. BUT it’s possible
that the plan I have might not work so I have to go to plan
b, and maybe c, maybe even plan d–the ones in my course.
BUT I don’t expect any kind of magic to work and
take care of everything.<\/p>\n
Well with that said, I have to take off. I have a super long
day ahead of me. Have a great day and catch you first thing
tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
I think I am going to do a F.REE podcast on people
with bipolar disorder accepting their illness, why
you shouldn’t be so darn hard on those that don’t.<\/p>\n
I have an interesting view on this. I can’t write it
because it’s too complicated so I am thinking of doing
a podcast for f.ree.<\/p>\n
Well catch you later.<\/p>\n
Your Friend,<\/p>\n
Dave<\/p>\n
P.S. 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<\/p>\n
P.P.S. 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\/<\/p>\n
P.P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give
mini seminars designed to teach you information
you can’t learn anywhere else.
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