Bipolar: Key is Compromise
Published: Wed, 06/19/13
Hi ,
How's your day going today?
I hope you're having a great one.
You know, I sorta talk a lot about communication -
good communication - and how important that is.
Well, a key component to getting along with others
is:
COMPROMISE.
Let me share about this guy I knew who was always
fighting with his girlfriend.
It's because he HAD to be right!
He didn't realize that compromise was the key.
So they kept fighting.
But when I talked to him and explained about the
AGREE TO DISAGREE concept, which IS
compromise, I think he really listened, because
I haven't heard about any more fights!
In my courses/systems, I talk about how important
it is to compromise sometimes:
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Whether it is a relationship with your loved one
or whoever, you need to learn the art of compromise.
Whatever the situation, you may be called upon to
compromise, and the more willing you are to do that,
the less disagreements or uncomfortable situations
you will have to face.
So the first thing is:
WILLINGNESS.
You have to be willing to compromise.
Now, that's hard for some people to do -
Like the guy I told you about who had to be right
all the time.
At least until he became willing to compromise.
Then he started getting along more not just with his
girlfriend, but in other situations and with other
people, too.
If you are willing to compromise, you will get along
a lot better with your loved one who has bipolar
disorder.
Hopefully, you can teach your loved one about the
AGREE TO DISAGREE concept, or even show them
the emails (that one and this one).
Then, as long as they are WILLING to compromise,
especially if they agree with the concept, your communication
will improve.
So, the first step is WILLINGNESS.
Then you have to have the DESIRE to have effective
communication.
Like this guy I had told you about, it was either learn
how to compromise, or to have to break up with his
girlfriend, because they couldn't just keep going
along fighting all the time.
If you have willingness and desire to have good
communication, you will be more apt to have it.
You also have to have a:
GIVE-TAKE attitude.
Like that guy who learned in the end that it was ok
not to be right all the time!
Having a give-take attitude means that you will have
a more positive attitude, not shutting the other person
out.
You also need to have an:
OPEN MIND.
Understand that it's ok for your loved one to feel the
way they do.
If you keep an open mind, it will be easier to separate
them from their disorder.
It will also be easier to see where they are coming
from.
If you do that, it will help to explain why they do the
things they do.
In turn, if they keep an open mind, they will be able
to see where you are coming from as well.
And why you do the things you do.
If the two of you can do these things, you CAN have
good communication, in spite of the fact that your
loved one has bipolar disorder.
Good communication is crucial to any relationship.
Even one in which one of the people in it has bipolar
disorder.
But the key is really all about compromise.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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