Bipolar: It's What You Do With It That Counts
Published: Tue, 12/13/11
Hi ,
How's it going for you today?
I hope it's a good day for you.
Of course, it's what you do with it that
counts, ultimately, isn't it?
Two people, growing up in the same
environment, can turn out completely
different.
Consider this case study:
Carlos and Jose Gonzales grew up with a
single mother who had to work two jobs to
support them. Because of this, she was rarely
home. She tried the best she could, however,
to be a good mother.
It took every penny she made to keep a roof
over her sons' heads and food in their mouths.
Unfortunately, this meant that they couldn't
exactly live in the best neighborhood or go to
the best schools.
Although she tried to keep their home environment
an emotionally healthy one and to give her boys
all the love that she could, the fact that there was
no good male role model rubbed off negatively
on Carlos.
He began running with a street gang and got
involved with drugs at an early age. Because of
this, he turned to theft to support his habit, and got
arrested and put in jail.
His brother Jose, however, never did those things,
and ended up going to college on a scholarship, got
out of his bad neighborhood, and became a successful
lawyer, eventually even moving his mother out of
that bad area.
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This story just goes to show that it's not what you're
"dealt" in life that counts, but what you do with it.
Like I say in my courses/systems, it's not the fact
that you (or your loved one) have bipolar disorder,
it's what you do with it that counts.
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I even saw on a commercial the other day
(maybe you've seen it too) a girl surfing
with one arm!
I was so impressed!
Here's this young girl who didn't even let
the fact that she only has one arm stop her
from surfing.
So why should you or your loved one let bipolar
disorder stop you from living a full, productive,
healthy, successful, and happy life?
My mother hasn't!
There was a time when her bipolar disorder did
stop her from having a good life...
A time when she had such a bad bipolar episode
that it practically had her bedridden...
But after I began slowly helping her come out
of that episode...
Helping her see that what she had been doing
wasn't working for her...
And trying new techniques and methods and
strategies to cope and deal with her bipolar
disorder...
Helping her get a GOOD doctor to help her
get better...
And helping her get on the right medication
for her disorder...
To help her manage the debt that her bipolar
disorder had gotten her into...
And to do the things she needed to do for herself
to help her get better...
Well...
Her life improved to where it is today!
And today she is healthy...
She is productive...
She is working...
She is successful...
She is stable...
And she is happy.
And there is no reason that your loved one
can't be too.
If the two of you work together to fight their bipolar
disorder (instead of fighting each other), then you
have a better chance at winning against this thing.
Remember, it's what you do with it that counts!
Do something positive!
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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