Hi,<\/p>\n
How’s it going?<\/p>\n
Hope all is well with you today.<\/p>\n
I wanted to drop a quick email about
an important issue about bipolar disorder
and it ties into the two emails that I sent over
the last two days about lying and bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I had a few things happen to me.
I had someone call me on my cell phone
super mad at me saying that I say that
all people with bipolar disorder lie.
I pulled over and explained to them
what I am about to explain to you in a
few seconds.<\/p>\n
I saw another email from someone that said:<\/p>\n
“You should be ashamed of yourself! Calling
us bipolars liars. I am not a liar!!!!!
I have never been a liar!!!!. Maybe
you should go out a meet some good
bipolars and then you wouldn’t speak
so bad of us!!!”
-Sue<\/p>\n
Then I saw a blog post that said:<\/p>\n
“Again, I disagree with this line of blogging.
I have had bipolar for years, and attend a
support group and know quite a few bp people
and we are not the scheming, irresponsible,
detestable liars you folks are making us out
to be. <\/p>\n
In fact, I meet a lot of non-bp people who
are the most self-interested, ego-maniacal,
unethical, snakey people I’ve seen. I know
partners of bp people who have abandoned them
for horrible reasons or no reasons at all. What
about these people? Should we abandon them if
they are suddenly disabled in a car accident?
Don’t paint with a broad brush because you may
get swept with it. Stop generalizing, people!”<\/p>\n
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With this said, I wanted to set the record
straight on why I write certain daily
emails.<\/p>\n
One of my goals with this is to help
both people who have bipolar disorder and
those who are supporting someone with it.
I want to provide solid, real, practical
information that is generally NOT related
to the technical aspects of bipolar disorder
like all the different bipolar medications out
there.<\/p>\n
What I mean is, there are sites that post information
on how bipolar medications may work, what bipolar
medications work, how a person’s brain works,
and many other very boring and complicated things
that in my opinion absolutely don\u2019t need to
be known unless you are a doctor or it’s a
hobby of yours to know such things.<\/p>\n
In my writings, and in all my courses\/systems
at:<\/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
I talk about bad things that can result
from a person who is in a bipolar episode.
And I go a step further and don’t just say
“oh this bad thing can happen,” and leave
it at that, I say this and that could happen
and here is what to do to prevent it from
happening and if that doesn’t work, here’s
what you can do after it happens.<\/p>\n
I am very how to oriented or focused.<\/p>\n
With that said, there is no question,
that when many people go into a bipolar
episode, they may misperceive reality,
be confused, destroy the truth all which
many argue is simply lying.<\/p>\n
I am clear to explain that there are two
types of situations with a person like
this.<\/p>\n
1. There is a person who lies all the
time and then goes into a bipolar episode
and is lying like the normally do whether
they are in an episode or not. This person
probably needs intense therapy to solve
the problem of lying because it’s not related
to their bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
2. There is a person who either almost never
lies or absolutely never lies and then
it’s a bipolar episode that causes them to
distort the truth, misperceive reality
or what some would call lie. Once this
person is not in the episode they are
back to telling the truth so to speak.<\/p>\n
Now I know that I offend certain people
when I say some things. For example, I was
flooded with “I can’t believe you are calling
people with bipolar disorder liars” emails
yesterday.<\/p>\n
I never did such a thing. What I am doing is,
making it known to the tens of thousands of people
on my list that if a person goes into an episode,
he\/she could wind up doing what many call lying.<\/p>\n
You see, I am sending this out for an advanced
warning to those that don’t know bipolar disorder
well. There are many people on my list that
are dealing with loved ones that have bipolar
disorder and are in episodes and they are trying
to figure out why things are being said
that aren’t true. It’s being done so much
they kind of start to feel they are losing
it. <\/p>\n
I remember with myself, my mom, who never lies
(and truly when my mom is in a episode, she winds
up distorting the truth not lying…I know it
sounds like it’s making up excuses or it’s a kind
of spin, but this is how I see it)
unless she is in a episode.<\/p>\n
My mom wounds up saying all kinds of things
to all kinds of people that were simply
not true. It was so confusing. I thought
I was going insane myself. NOBODY
or nothing (book, manual, support group, etc),
told me that if a person is in an episode
with bipolar disorder, he\/she could wind up
making things up or not really knowing
what was true or not true.<\/p>\n
As a results for many months, I was super
confused and wasted a lot of time.<\/p>\n
With this said, this is one reason I go
out of my way to get people discussing
things of this nature.<\/p>\n
It’s funny that even though I got so much
hate mail yesterday from people with
bipolar saying I was discriminating against
those with bipolar and that I should
get some bipolar friends, I don’t think
people know the following:<\/p>\n
I employee 8 people with bipolar disorder (
more than 50% of the people that work
for me in this organization).<\/p>\n
-I have lots of friends with bipolar disorder<\/p>\n
-I volunteer at several places that help
those with bipolar disorder and have been
doing so for years.<\/p>\n
-I take probably 50 phone calls a week from
those with bipolar disorder<\/p>\n
-I read hundreds of letters a month
from those with bipolar disorder<\/p>\n
-I see my mom all the time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
-Everyone who works for me with bipolar
disorder reads everything that I write
and generally has no problem with it.<\/p>\n
For the most part, I would have to
say, I don’t think there are too
many people in the world with more contact
with those with bipolar disorder than me
:).<\/p>\n
Anyway, I wanted to write today to let
you know that I am going to keep on
sending out information that will get
people to think, get people to know
what might be coming around the corner
and help people prevent little and
big problems that bipolar disorder
causes.<\/p>\n
I will say this finally. In another
business that I have, I deal with
people who lie all the time. They do NOT
have bipolar disorder. <\/p>\n
I have a friend that for some reason
lies all the time. I mean all the
time. For years and about everything.
It’s amazing. I know he has a disorder
or some kind. It’s NOT bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
There are disorders that cause a person
to lie but that’s out of my area of
expertise.<\/p>\n
For all of those out there that pointed
out that it’s not just people with
bipolar disorder that lie all the time,
you are 100% correct.<\/p>\n
Remember when we are talking lying and
bipolar disorder we are talking a person
in an episode.<\/p>\n
Hopefully I won’t get too much hate
mail from this post.<\/p>\n
Hey tomorrow I am super excited about
something that I am going to be writing.
VERY excited. Check your email tomorrow
morning.<\/p>\n
You’re going like it and it’s something
you are NEVER EVER going to hear anywhere
else.<\/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.
http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi,<\/p>\n
How’s it going?<\/p>\n
Hope all is well with you today.<\/p>\n
I wanted to drop a quick email about
an important issue about bipolar disorder
and it ties into the two emails that I sent over
the last two days about lying and bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I had a few things happen to me.
I had someone call me on my cell phone
super mad at me saying that I say that
all people with bipolar disorder lie.<\/p>\n