Taking the Bad with the Good with Bipolar
Published: Sun, 10/17/10
Hi ,
How's it going?
I hope things are going well for
you today.
There used to be an old nursery
rhyme that went:
There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good
She was very, very good
But when she was bad she was horrid!
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I don't know why that made me
think of today's topic, but it did:
How you have to take the bad with
the good when you're dealing with
bipolar disorder.
Or maybe it should be the other
way around if you continually
dwell on the bad - that you
might need to be reminded that
underneath it all, there is still
some good to be found.
Just in life in general, there is
both bad and good to be had.
You don't have to be dealing
with bipolar disorder for that
to happen.
But it just seems to be amplified
when you are dealing with the
disorder.
Like the nursery rhyme line,
"but when she was bad she was
horrid," sometimes what you have
to go through can seem almost
intolerable.
But it could be just your subjective
interpretation of events - to someone
else it might not seem so bad.
Not to belittle what you have to go
through as a bipolar supporter,
because I know it's rough.
But taking the bad with the good,
you have to admit that there is some
good in there.
Even though the bad times are, as
the nursery rhyme says, "horrid,"
the good times are just as good.
And there are good times in between
your loved one's bipolar episodes,
you've got to admit.
One of the facts I talk about in my
courses/systems is that someone
with bipolar disorder only has about
4-5 full-blown episodes in their
lives. It is a fallacy that they go from
one episode to another all the time:
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But you are there for the worst
of it.
You know your loved one better
than anyone else.
You know the bad side of the disorder.
You know firsthand what "horrid"
means.
But in between bipolar episodes,
your loved one can be normal.
So you have experienced those times
as well.
And you need those times to balance
out the bad times.
Otherwise you wouldn't still be
together, would you?
It would just be too hard to take.
Too much bad all the time.
But it's the good times that make it
worth it to stay.
And the good times can be very,
very good.
So you have to take the bad with
the good.
And you have to focus on the good
in order to put up with the bad.
It helps if you can separate your
loved one from their disorder.
Have you been able to do that?
How?
What would you tell someone else
who is struggling with this?
Do you have any advice?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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