The Hardest Thing Sometimes for Someone with Bipolar
Published: Tue, 05/18/10
Hi ,
How are you today?
I hope you're doing fine.
Let me ask you a question:
What is the hardest thing you've
ever had to do?
I asked this question to a woman
one time, and she said,
"To give birth to twins, before they
gave you anesthetic!"
LOL
I certainly didn't expect that answer!
I asked a man one time, and he told me
it was to build his home with his bare
hands. I thought that was admirable.
I've gotten answers such as:
- To watch my mother die
slowly of breast cancer.
- To raise 3 children all by
myself.
- To go back to college at
age 35.
- To get divorced after 30
years of marriage.
- To forgive my husband
for having an affair.
- To start my own business
and make a success of it.
- To start over after having
been homeless for 2 years.
Wow.
Some pretty serious answers, don't
you think?
But some pretty great success stories,
too!
Some people have accomplished some
pretty hard things!
In my courses/systems, I talk about how
difficult it is just to have bipolar disorder
and some of the problems you have to
face on a daily basis:
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And so I asked you:
What is the hardest thing you have
ever had to do?
Now, compare it to this.
This may not seem like much to you,
but for someone with bipolar disorder...
Did you know that, in a bipolar
depressive episode, the hardest
thing for them to do sometimes
is just to get out of bed?
It can be.
If you are a supporter to a loved
one with bipolar disorder, you may
have had to deal with this very
situation.
And it may have been hard for you
to relate to.
Because for you, getting out of bed
may be no big deal.
But when a person with the disorder
is in a depressive episode, they can
feel so overwhelmed, that just the
simple act of getting out of bed can
be something that they just cannot
face.
I know a woman who was in a
bipolar depressive episode so severe
one time that she spent an entire week
in bed, so overcome with sadness and
despair that she couldn't even get out
of that bed, no matter how much she
knew that she should.
That's how much an episode can take
control of them.
It can be very frustrating and
disconcerting for a supporter to
watch, when their loved one gets that
bad.
It can be very hard to understand as
well, but it is part of the disorder.
Obviously, it is imperative that your
loved one get out of bed, or they will
just get worse.
But how?
Either they or you need to contact their
doctor for help.
If you can't get them to see their doctor,
you need to at least get hold of them on
the phone and tell them what's going on.
The doctor may be able to prescribe
something over the phone or increase
their medication so that they are able to
improve and get out of bed.
Bipolar depressive episodes, as bad as
they can be, can pass, but not without
help.
Has your loved one ever had trouble
getting out of bed because of a bipolar
depressive episode?
What did you do?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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