Bipolar: If Life Gives You Scraps
Published: Sun, 05/27/12
Hi ,
How are you doing today?
I hope you're having a really good day.
I once heard an old lady say:
"If life gives you scraps,
Make a quilt!"
And I thought,
"What a great attitude!"
See, I believe the attitude you have determines how
you'll be able to face what happens to you.
Notice I didn't say that you have any control over
what happens to you...
Because you don't.
(Now, I'm not going to get into any great long
discussion on fate or anything, cuz that would
just get me into trouble here, wouldn't it? LOL)
But anyway...
Even though you can't control what happens to
you...
You do have control over how you react to what
happens to you.
Which is really important when it comes to bipolar
disorder.
I talk about how important it is to have a positive
attitude in my courses/systems below:
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In other words...
You can't change the fact that your loved one
has bipolar disorder.
But you can change your reaction to it.
You can't change their behavior that they exhibit
sometimes because of their bipolar disorder.
But you can change your reaction to it.
See what I'm talking about?
There are some supporters who just plain "fold"
at their loved one's diagnosis of bipolar disorder.
Do you know what I mean?
They just give up.
That's their reaction.
But you can't do that.
You have to get in the fight.
And you have to believe that you can win.
And the fight isn't against your loved one (even
though it can seem that way sometimes).
The fight is against their bipolar disorder.
And that's a fight that the two of you have to fight
together if you're going to win.
So that's the attitude that you have to have in this
case.
A winner's attitude.
A fighter's attitude.
A survivor's attitude.
A positive attitude.
You just can't afford to have a negative or defeatist
attitude at all.
Otherwise the bipolar disorder will win...
And you don't want that.
You want your loved one to recover...
And the best way to do that is for you to keep a
positive attitude about it.
In spite of their sometimes bizarre and unpredictable
behavior, or even crazy behavior that you don't
understand.
You just can't let their behavior get to you, or get
the best of you.
Because if you do...
It will make you crazy.
It will make you angry.
It will turn you against your loved one.
It will make you hate your loved one.
It will stress you out.
It will even make you depressed.
But you can fight it with a positive attitude.
Remember that your loved one's behavior is only
a part of their bipolar disorder (and not them), and
that you will win over it in the long run!
Tell yourself that this behavior will NOT go on
forever!
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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