==>>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
Hey,<\/p>\n
How’s it going? Hope you had a good day
yesterday.<\/p>\n
I got a very interesting email from
someone who said to me:<\/p>\n
“Dave, I swear that I am going crazy.
I have a loved one with bipolar disorder
and she acts really crazy. I seriously
had no idea whatt to do about it
until I found your sight…<\/p>\n
Here is what she does that drives
me crazy. She says I am the one who
is sick. Everything that I tell her
she is doing, she tells me I am doing
and sometimes I start to think
she is right maybe. I don’t know. I
am so run down and my life is now a
wreck like hers. I need help.
I think I am going crazy
or maybe catching bipolar from her.”
–Jimmy<\/p>\n
I have seen this condition when someone
who is a bipolar supporter actually winds up
feeling like they are “losing it” or possibly
even start acting like the person who is
not stable with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
This is an interesting phenomenon that occurred
me with and my mom. When she was really, really
unstable I wound up like the following:<\/p>\n
-Not sleeping
-Not eating
-Not shaving
-Rambling all the time
-Angry
-Snapping at people
-Losing tons of weight
-Disoriented
-Unable to make good decisions
-Not doing well in my day job<\/p>\n
Now when you think about it, these are
some of the same characteristics
of someone who is in a bipolar episode.<\/p>\n
So there I was, the bipolar supporter
who wound up acting like the person
who was unstable with the disorder.<\/p>\n
I have seen so many situations where
the bipolar supporter winds up seeming
like they have caught bipolar disorder
from the person they are supporting.<\/p>\n
The turning point for me to avoid this
feeling was when I decided to learn
everything I could about bipolar disorder
and start being proactive not reactive. <\/p>\n
When I was proactive, I stopped arguing
with my mom and started to figure out
what she needed: the right medication,
a good doctor, a plan to pay off her de.bts,
a good therapist, a way to manage bipolar
disorder, etc.<\/p>\n
If you got my courses\/systems:<\/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 can see that I have lived through it
all and have lots of practical solutions to
virtually all the problems that someone
with bipolar disorder may have, someone
who is supporting an adult with bipolar
disorder or someone who is support a teenager
or child with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
The thing is, if you aren’t proactive and you
are reactive, you will wind up getting in a
situation where you start to manifest the behaviors
of a person who is NOT stable with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
This is exactly what is going on with Jimmy
above. He thinks he is going crazy because
right now, his wife’s bipolar disorder is controlling
him. Her bipolar disorder does something and then
Jimmy reacts. So he winds up being led by bipolar
disorder. That might sound confusing but that’s the
situation that so many supporters find themselves
in.<\/p>\n
If you feel this is happening to you, start to be
proactive. Get as much information as you can to
get a good doctor, therapist and a way to manage
either your own bipolar disorder or your loved
one’s depending on what your situation is.<\/p>\n
If you don’t take action and be proactive,
you wind up second guessing yourself, thinking
you are going crazy, feeling like you have
bipolar disorder and ultimately being so
confused that you become paralyzed and unable
to do anything.<\/p>\n
Make a list today of exactly what problems
you are having. Then go one by one and start
looking for solutions but don’t just sit
around and hope things get better because
they won’t. They will get worse and you
could in some cases be in a situation
where you feel like you are catching bipolar
disorder.<\/p>\n
IMPORTANT NOTE
I want to say one thing. You can’t really catch
bipolar disorder. It is NOT a contiguous
disease.<\/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":"
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