Bipolar Patterns Can Change
Published: Sun, 01/22/12
Hi ,
How are you doing today?
I hope you're doing well.
There was an old lady who made the most
beautiful dresses.
Women would drive many miles just to buy a
dress from this old woman.
She would use wonderful silks and satins for
the dresses, but that's not what made the dresses
beautiful.
It was the secret pattern she used to make the
dresses that made them special.
It was an original pattern that she had made up
herself.
This old woman became very successful in her
own right...
Just because of her pattern.
Well...
Patterns can be good OR bad.
If a pattern of behavior, say, is a bad pattern of
behavior, and it causes negative consequences
in the person's life...
Then it is a bad thing.
Just like the opposite is true.
A good pattern of behavior can cause positive
things to happen in a person's life.
The good news is...
That if your loved one has been exhibiting a
bad pattern of behavior in their life...
You should know that:
PATTERNS CAN CHANGE.
They can turn their bad pattern of behavior into
a good pattern of behavior.
The thing is, though, that they have to be willing
to do it.
Which usually means that they have to first
acknowledge their behavior.
Which can be a problem.
Why?
Well, first of all, sometimes a person with bipolar
disorder doesn't always know what they do
when they're in a bipolar episode.
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So they aren't always aware of their own
pattern of behavior.
For example:
CASE STUDY:
Virginia had bipolar disorder. She believed
that she was very independent, but every month
she had problems with money. She didn't know
where the money went, but she knew, for example,
that when it came to paying her rent, she was always
short and always had to ask her mother for another
loan (which she never seemed to be able to pay
back). Every month, instead of getting her daughter
help with money management, her mother would
just give her the money she asked for.
So Virginia would just keep repeating this pattern
of behavior with money. Eventually, Virginia's
mother got to the point where she just couldn't
help her with money any more, and Virginia got
evicted, having to move back in with her mother.
They fought all the time. Mostly about how
Virginia spent her money.
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Does this sound familiar?
Unfortunately, it is a very common problem when
it comes to bipolar disorder.
The problem is with patterns.
Part of the problem is with Virginia's pattern of
spending money.
But part of the problem is with Virginia's mother,
who keeps enabling Virginia's problem by giving
her money every month.
The solution, of course, is to force Virginia to change
her pattern of behavior.
She needs to learn how to manage her money.
Then she wouldn't have to continually ask her mother
for money to begin with.
But first she has to acknowledge her problem.
Then she can change it.
That's how it will work with your loved one as
well, whatever their problem.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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