Keeping Priorities with Bipolar Disorder
Published: Tue, 02/21/12
Hi ,
How are you doing today?
I hope you're doing good.
I heard a saying the other day that I like a
lot:
"Keep the main thing the main thing."
I know it's used in a 12-Step Program, but it can be
used for other things as well.
For instance, it can be used with bipolar disorder, when
you're talking about trying to cope and deal with it, or
just trying to cope and deal with life in general.
What am I talking about?
I'm talking about priorities.
Specifically, about keeping your priorities in order.
That's important in life, but especially important when
you're dealing with bipolar disorder.
For example:
If your loved one gets their priorities out of order...
Say, they start to take on too many projects all at
once...
They can get overwhelmed.
And many times, if a person with bipolar disorder gets
overwhelmed...
They can too easily go right into a bipolar manic
episode.
And it can take a long time to de-tangle them out of that
episode.
Because then it's a matter of getting their priorities back
in order.
And that can take some time.
The important thing is to keep them in order to begin
with so that doesn't happen.
That's one of the things I talk about in my courses/systems
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Before you can keep your priorities in order, you
first have to SET your priorities.
You want your priorities to be well-balanced and
healthy for you.
For example:
For a supporter of a loved one with bipolar disorder,
they often miss the main priority, believe it or not.
Too many supporters believe that the main priority
is their loved one.
Well, it's not.
Now, some people might get mad at me for saying
this, but I believe it's important.
Your main priority should be taking care of yourself
first.
Think about it.
If you don't take care of yourself, who else is going
to take care of you?
And if you don't take care of yourself FIRST, how
are you going to be able to take care of anyone else?
Even the airlines know this.
It's true:
In pre-flight instructions, they always tell you that
if the oxygen masks come down, to put yours on FIRST,
and THEN put your child's mask on them.
That's so that you can take care of them.
That's having your priorities in order.
You can only take care of your loved one if you
take care of yourself first.
So your first priority should be to take care of yourself.
And there are other things that go along with that
priority, of course.
Like that you need to be well-balanced: physically,
mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
Like that you should keep a good sleep schedule, eat a
nutritious and balanced diet, and exercise.
In other words, you should keep yourself healthy, in
all ways possible.
That's so that you can be the best "you" that you can
be, both for yourself and for your loved one.
In that way, you'll be keeping "the main thing the
main thing" as well.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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