Bipolar: Unless You Change…
Published: Sun, 11/04/12
Hi ,
How's it going for you today?
I hope it's a good day for you.
I heard a quote the other day that I wanted
to share with you:
"Unless you change how you are, you'll always
have what you've got."
I really like that quote.
I think it can easily be applied to bipolar disorder,
too.
Too many people with bipolar disorder and their
supporters get to the point that they take their
condition for granted.
In other words, they stop being vigilant with the
disorder.
They get in a rut.
Nothing's bad, but nothing's really good, either.
Just a kind of "in between" state, where nothing
changes.
Like another quote that I've heard:
"If nothing changes, nothing changes."
Think about it.
Whether you have bipolar disorder or are supporting
a loved one with it, this can apply to you.
But you don't have to stay that way.
As a matter of fact, staying that way can really
go against you.
You have to continually maintain stability and
change what needs to be changed in order to do
that.
Even if what needs to be changed is yourself.
Nobody can do that for you - you have to do it
for yourself.
Other people may notice what needs to be changed -
they might even tell you what needs to be changed.
But it's up to you whether you take their advice.
You are the one who, in the end, has to do the work
involved in the change process.
I talk about how stability is something to work for,
and how to do that by changing some things in yourself
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There are some things you have control over,
and other things you don't.
For example, you don't have control over the
fact that you or your loved one has bipolar
disorder.
Therefore, you can't change it.
But you can change how you react to it.
First of all, you need to change the way you think
about the disorder in relation to yourself:
Instead of saying, "I am bipolar," try saying, "I
have bipolar."
There is a big difference.
In the first case, you're identifying with the disorder,
and it can have control over you instead of the
other way around, because you believe it is what
you ARE.
In the second case, you are acknowledging that you
have this disorder, but you are in control of it instead
of it being in control over you, because you believe it
is what you HAVE (and not who you are).
The difference is knowing who you are outside the
disorder, and it can make a big difference in how
you think about yourself.
You know how I like expressions that apply to bipolar
disorder.
Here's another one that applies to what I'm talking
about:
"We can have more than we've got because we can
become more than we are."
Can you see how that applies to bipolar disorder?
It's all in how you think about yourself.
You don't have to let the bipolar disorder dictate
who you are.
You can be/become more than what the disorder
makes you.
In other words...
You can rise above it.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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