{"id":716,"date":"2009-02-24T08:57:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T12:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=716"},"modified":"2009-03-11T08:55:16","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T12:55:16","slug":"truth-about-love-and-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/truth-about-love-and-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth About Love And Bipolar Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People always ask me if I read my bipolar blog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes I do. I read EVERY single message  : )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I got this message the other day:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">JUDITH says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;BIPOLAR PEOPLE NEED ALOT OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING. BOUNDARIES, BORDERS, ECT. LOVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT&#8230;FOR IT TRULY IS SUFFERING. THINGS LEARNED IN KINDEGARDEN &#8230;. SHOULD BE APPLICABLE FOR ANYONE BIPOLAR OR NOT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is love really the most important?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don&#8217;t think so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is important, but it&#8217;s not the only important thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I believe more in what Judith says about how people with bipolar disorder need understanding, boundaries and borders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes, of course, they need love, too, but I think these other things are more important to their stability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s what I teach in my courses\/systems:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11\">http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com\">http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>\nVisit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net\">http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s just assumed that as a supporter of a loved one with bipolar disorder that you love them, or you wouldn&#8217;t be with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But is that THE most important thing?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Is love alone going to keep them stable?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Or even love and understanding combined?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don&#8217;t think so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think you need systems, boundaries, and<br \/>\nborders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think it&#8217;s those things that will help you to support your loved one better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you take the time (when your loved one is not in an episode) to sit down with your loved one and establish\u00a0 some boundaries, and then the consequences of breaking those boundaries, then you have developed part of a system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This will help you more than just love when they are in an episode.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have a system in place for what to do when your loved one is in a bipolar episode, then that is more important than just love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, again, I&#8217;m NOT saying that love isn&#8217;t important.  It is.  It&#8217;s just not the MOST important thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to have everyday systems in place to be a good supporter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to have systems in place that will help your loved one to achieve stability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to have systems in place that will help your loved one to maintain that stability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What about you?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you agree with me or not?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ME<br \/>\nVisit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials\">http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials<\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide \u201cBipolar Disorder\u2014The REAL Silent Killer.\u201d  <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypertracker.com\/go\/Post\/BP_Kills_BlogAd\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to get <strong>FREE Information<\/strong> sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hi,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People always ask me if I read my bipolar blog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes I do. I read EVERY single message  : )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I got this message the other day:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">JUDITH says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;BIPOLAR PEOPLE NEED ALOT OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING. BOUNDARIES, BORDERS, ECT. LOVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT&#8230;FOR IT TRULY IS SUFFERING. THINGS LEARNED IN KINDEGARDEN &#8230;. SHOULD BE APPLICABLE FOR ANYONE BIPOLAR OR NOT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/truth-about-love-and-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":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Truth About Love And 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\/truth-about-love-and-bipolar-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Truth About Love And Bipolar Disorder - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, How&#8217;s it going? 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