==>>Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<<==
Check out all my resources, programs and information
for all aspects of bipolar disorder by visiting:
http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/p>\n
Hi,<\/p>\n
How’s it going? I must say, this month
hasn’t really started off that good for
me. I’ve had a lot of problems advancing
my sites related to bipolar disorder and
other mental illnesses.<\/p>\n
Someone called me the other day (know
I idea how he got my number) and said,
“Hey I wanted to know, is it hard to run
all your websites and a big mailing list?”<\/p>\n
I told him yes.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I am not here to complain because
I have a new set of solutions to the current
problems that I am having. <\/p>\n
The good thing is, my mom is doing great and
I don’t have to worry about that right now.
She really has managing her bipolar disorder
down to a science.<\/p>\n
I wanted to talk today about something I call
De-escalation.<\/p>\n
Yesterday evening I was doing an interview
with a person by the name of Jackie. It was a
great interview. She is super knowledgeable
on how to help someone with bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n
She works in an office that specializes in
this. It’s hard to find such a person. I am
not sure if people realize this, but whenever
you hear an interview or a success story
whether it’s a person with bipolar disorder,
supporting someone with bipolar disorder or
a person who is a doctor or therapist, it’s
the result of a whole lot of work.<\/p>\n
To get just one good interview, we go through
many many people. Probably 25 or 30. To find
25 to 30 POTENTIAL interviews it requires contacting
hundreds of people. So you can see it’s a difficult
task.<\/p>\n
Recently I hired Cherie to setup all kinds of systems
to help me make this more efficient. She has done
a fantastic job.<\/p>\n
Anyway let me get on with my point. Sorry to digress \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
So I was on the phone with Jackie and we were talking
about the fact that in her office she can have people
who come in who have bipolar disorder, are super angry,
super manic, unhappy, screaming, yelling and blaming
it all on her.<\/p>\n
I asked her how she deals with it and what kind of
techniques she uses. If you got my bipolar supporter
course at http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11 you know
there is a incredible interview with a woman who actually
leaves her office and goes out to people’s houses to
deal with people who have a mental illness and are
in serious and major episodes. Actually it was that
person who first taught me the concept of de-escalation.<\/p>\n
Last evening Jackie mentioned it as well. What is
it? It’s the act of actually de-escalating a situation
with a person with a mental illness instead of
escalating it.<\/p>\n
Let me give you some examples and if you have
bipolar disorder, you’ll appreciate this as well.<\/p>\n
Let’s say that someone has bipolar disorder, you’re
loved one and he\/she is not well. He\/she is unstable
and needs a change in his\/her treatment plan. <\/p>\n
So they start yelling at you. For really no good
reason. The start blaming stuff on you. They even
make up things. So you have two choices. You can
either yell back at them (escalation), or lower
your voice, act calm, say very few words and
try to deescalate what’s occurring.<\/p>\n
Many times, supporters wind up making conditions
worse by escalating the situation or what I call
feeding the mania. If you imagine the episode
is like a fire, you wouldn’t add more wood
or worse yet gas on to it. That’s what many
bipolar supporters find themselves doing.<\/p>\n
If 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’ll notice that in the interviews
de-escalation is a common theme. That word
really isn’t used but the concept is talked
about regularly. It doesn’t matter if you
have bipolar disorder, are supporting an adult
or 18 or a child under 18, this concept works.<\/p>\n
Listen to the success stories in my courses above
and you’ll hear how it works for people. <\/p>\n
Even with those with bipolar disorder use this concept.
If you talk to someone who is high functioning, they
have trained themselves on how to deescalate situations
and to in many cases avoid places that will get
themselves worked up or upset. That’s another common
theme.<\/p>\n
I actually find that this concept of de-escalation
works in all areas of life. Give it a try
and see how it works for you. When people are
yelling, screaming, arguing, talk lower, calmer
and ask if they don’t yell at you in a nice way.
You’ll be amazed with the results.<\/p>\n
Oh side note, Jackie mentioned to me that this
technique has worked even on people who really
are very unstable and very angry and not coherent.
When I asked her why she thinks it works, she really
didn’t know. Which leads me to something else. Sometimes
stuff works with bipolar disorder and we don’t know
why but it works.<\/p>\n
Hey one more thing. As for children, one person
that I know will hug her child when he\/she
starts to go into an episode instead of back
away. I have not used this method personally,
but just wanted to let you know if you are
supporting a child.<\/p>\n
Hey I have to run. Catch you tomorrow. Oh tomorrow
I will be sending out the bipolar news.<\/p>\n
See you.<\/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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