Bipolar Secret From Buying Lettuce
Published: Tue, 06/07/11
Hi ,
How's it going today?
I hope you're doing well.
My friend George says that I like to
talk.
I sure do.
I don't know why.
I am the guy that talks to you in line, on
the plane, in the train, etc.
Well, I was in line and I met a lady in the
grocery store.
She was buying lettuce and I was, too.
I picked one up and put it in my cart.
She said, "Hey, what are you doing?"
At first I thought she was crazy.
Then she said, "You'd better learn how
to buy lettuce."
So I listened.
She basically told me what kind of lettuce
to buy, how to squeeze it to make sure
you are getting the most for your money,
and how to store it.
She said, "Remember, son, there's a process
for everything, even the simplest things."
I laughed and said "Great suggestions! You
should start a business." She said she had
a business, painting.
So then she asked what I did. I wanted to
tell her about all the bipolar stuff so
I did.
She said, "Wow! My friend has bipolar
disorder."
I said "Really?"
She said her friend has a hard time
taking her medication.
I asked if the friend is in denial.
She said no, just that the friend has trouble
remembering to take the medications and
which ones she took.
I said, "Well, you need to have a system.
Some people buy these plastic containers
and put their pills in them.
If your friend takes morning and evening
pills, they have containers that have a
place for morning, and a place for evening,
so she would put them in each place. That
way, if your friend looks and the place is
empty, she knows she took her pills for
the day!"
I said to her, "See? There's a process for
everything."
In my courses/systems below, I offer other
suggestions on how to manage your
medications.
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But here's the bipolar secret I learned from
buying lettuce that day:
"There's a process for everything, even the
simplest of things."
Like when I was telling this lady about the
processes her friend could use in taking her
medication.
There are other processes associated with
bipolar disorder as well.
Many of them, in fact, if you're trying to manage
your bipolar so you can reach stability.
Or, if you're a supporter, you can use processes
to keep from getting too stressed out.
Or so you can be a good supporter to your
loved one.
The secret is that there are things you CAN do
to help yourself!
I've been to too many bipolar support meetings
only to hear the people complain that there's
nothing that can be done for them.
That's not true!
Remember the secret:
"There's a process for everything, even the
simplest of things."
If you want to work on eating a healthy diet,
for example, develop a process for it. That
could include working out a time schedule
for when you eat, working out the foods you
choose to eat, whether you would include dessert
or not, whether you would eat snacks or not, how
often you would weigh yourself (or if you would
weigh yourself), etc. See? A process.
It's a secret, but not one that is not workable. You
can do it!
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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