Dealing with Bipolar? No matter what do this
Published: Mon, 06/14/10
Hi,
How's it going?
Hope you are doing well.
I was just talking to a friend of mine.
They had an unusual experience getting to
the train station the other day.
First they got given bad directions, so they
missed the last train of the night.
Then, the next morning, they looked up
online where the train station actually was,
and discovered it was five miles away
from where they were at.
Here's the catch: by the time they got
done paying for the difference between
yesterday's ticket and today's, they didn't
have any money left for bus fare to get to
the station!
So they decided they would walk.
Five miles!
Can you imagine?
And, to make matters worse, it was through
country roads in 90 degree weather.
So they made sure they had plenty of
water with them, and headed off to catch
their train.
Throughout their trip, they kept having to
step off the road when a car passed by.
They were stepping off into grassy areas
filled with tall weeds.
Then they came across a piece of road kill
that unnerved them.
It was a snake!
All this time they had been stepping off
into tall grass when there were snakes
present!
But still they kept going.
They had to catch a train, after all.
By the time the five miles was up, they
were so dehydrated they had a headache
and their eyes were aching.
They had been sweating so badly, they had
to smell by that point.
And their legs hurt, to say the least.
But they made their train, and they got
home safely.
14 hours of sleep later, they were fine.
And now they've got one heck of a story
to tell!
The point of all this is, they didn't let
anything stand in their way.
They kept persevering despite everything
that kept going wrong.
This is a hard thing to do, but I think it's
worth it in the long run.
There is a phrase: The end justifies the
means.
Basically what that means is that the
rewards you get from persevering make
whatever you persevered through worth
it.
As bipolar supporters, or people who have
bipolar, we have to persevere through a
lot of things.
It can be easy to just give up.
But here's something to remember:
If my friend had just given up halfway
through the journey, they would have
either have had to walk all the way back,
or they would have been stranded.
It is the same for us.
We've already come this far, why would
we want to waste our progress.
Besides, there isn't really anywhere to go
but forward.
Going back isn't a good option.
Staying in the place you're in right now
doesn't make any sense at all.
But if you keep moving forward, eventually
it will be worth it.
Keep the end in mind as you keep going.
Remember that your goal is recovery, and
when that goal is reached, a better life will
follow.
Doesn't that make it worth everything?
I think it does.
And I think that you'll find it does, if you
persevere until you get there.
What ways can you persevere in your
struggle with bipolar disorder?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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