Bipolar – Can You Tell?
Published: Mon, 06/01/15
Hi,
How's it going for you today?
I hope you're having a good day.
I was thinking about something today.
I was thinking that I have several people
who work for me who have bipolar disorder,
and how I always brag on them, about how
you would never know that they have the
disorder, unless they told you.
They tell me, too, that when it comes to
being around other people, that others would
never know that they have bipolar disorder
either unless they told them.
It just doesn't come up.
Of course, I live in New Jersey, and they
live in other places, all over the map.
But I was wondering about what they look
like in person. I mean, not their looks, but whether
in person, that you can or can’t tell that they
have bipolar disorder.
So that made me think about you and your
loved ones.
If there’s over 6 million people with bipolar
disorder, chances are that you know more than
just your loved one with the disorder.
Can you tell or can you NOT tell just by looking,
if someone has bipolar disorder or not?
I mean, what does someone with bipolar disorder
actually look like?
Interesting question, don’t you think?
See, what made me think about it, too, was
the many emails I’ve gotten from people like
you, asking me about whether “it” is the
bipolar or the loved one, and about whether
they are “faking” it or not.
That’s been a real big issue, according to the
emails and calls that I’ve gotten.
So I give it to you.
What do you think?
What has been your experience?
Can you tell just by looking, if your loved one
has bipolar disorder or not?
If so, what is it about their behavior that gives them
away?
For those of you who can’t tell, what is it about
your loved one’s behavior that is different, that
doesn’t give them away?
In my courses and systems, I talk about what makes
a person high-functioning.
This is what I think, at least by what the people
who work for me are concerned, is what makes
them different, and in my courses I have a whole
section on being high functioning:
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High-functioning behavior can make a person with
bipolar disorder NOT stand out as someone with the
disorder.
Does that make sense?
Whereas, on the other hand, someone who has bipolar
disorder, but is NOT high functioning, would be
someone who you can tell DOES have bipolar disorder.
I have seen this firsthand – in the people who work for
me, those I have interviewed for my courses, those who
I have talked to at the support groups I attend, and
others I have heard from via email and phone.
I'd like to say that everyone with bipolar disorder
can be high-functioning.
Unfortunately, not everyone can…
But I believe that a majority of them can.
They have to try really hard, though.
They have to take their medication religiously…
Go to all their appointments with their doctors,
psychiatrists, and therapists…
Eat a healthy diet…
Exercise…
Keep a good sleep schedule…
Stick to a good treatment plan…
Have a good strong support system that they
go to for help…
Be productive…
And do all the other things they need to do to
stay stable.
And they need to do all these things for the
long term.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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