Bipolar Supporter? Use This Therapeutic Technique to Cope
Published: Mon, 07/19/10
Hi ,
How are you today?
I hope you're having a good day.
Do you ever have a bad day?
I mean, I know everyone has a bad
day every once in a while.
But I mean, one of those days when
nothing seems to go right.
I had one of those the other day.
I had placed an order for CDs, and
the printer printed the wrong date
on them.
And they had to go out to our customers
that way!
Sheesh!
Then I had to print an apology to every
one of them for the printer printing them
with the wrong date.
Then my computer got a glitch in it and
my emails started going haywire.
I couldn't figure out what was going on.
That really frustrated me, because I'm
usually pretty good with computers.
But I just couldn't figure this thing out.
It took me hours!
I finally got it right, but I was so frustrated
by then that I thought I would tear my
hair all out!
Then I needed to talk to someone on my
team and she was nowhere to be found.
My fault - she had told me she would be
unavailable, but I was so busy I had
forgotten.
Still, I was flustered that I wasn't able
to contact her when I needed her,
because I couldn't get the answer I
needed when I needed it!
Ahhhh!
Then my car started making funny
noises.
You know how that can be.
That can mean anything.
Then just before I got so frustrated
I wanted to kick the darn thing,
the noise disappeared as mysteriously
as it had come!
Now I'm just puzzled, because I
wonder what it could have been!
And that's almost as frustrating as if
it had never gone away!
So many things went wrong in that
one day that I wished I had never
woke up that day.
I actually wanted to go to sleep and
start the day over again!
That's the kind of day I'm talking
about.
You ever have one of those kind of
days?
The kind you wish you could start over?
I bet you're wondering what any of this
has to do with bipolar disorder, right?
Well, in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy,
there is something called "mindfulness."
I talk about it in my courses/systems:
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Mindfulness is about "being in the
moment."
It has to do with dealing with things the
way they are instead of the way you wish
they could be.
Like the kind of day I was talking
about.
There were many times I wished I
could change the circumstances I was
facing (like with the computer).
But I had to accept things the way they
were.
I couldn't do anything about them.
Many times, as a supporter to a loved one
with bipolar disorder, you will face the
same thing.
There may be times that you will want to
not only change the situation, but even want
to change your loved one, but you can't.
That's when you practice mindfulness.
You just need to accept things the way they
are instead of the way you would like for
them to be.
If you practice this principle long enough,
you will find that you will have more peace
in your life.
What do you think about this principle?
Do you think it could work for you?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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