Life Poem for Bipolar
Published: Mon, 10/12/15
Hi,
How are you doing today?
I hope you are doing very well.
I read a poem the other day, and I thought it
was really beautiful.
Here it is:
Life is like a rose.
In order to partake of its beauty
You must also suffer the pain of
Its thorns
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Now, that may be a good statement about life
in general, but I'll tell you what it has to do with
bipolar disorder.
It was written by someone who has bipolar disorder
herself -- Michele, who works for me.
So let's talk about what she says, and how it does
relate to bipolar disorder.
We'd all like our loved one's bipolar disorder to
go along without a hitch.
We'd love it if they were medication complaint,
stuck with their treatment plan, had no more
episodes, always saw their doctors, therapists,
etc., without complaining…
We'd love it if they would always take care of
themselves (so we wouldn't have to)…
Stick to a good diet (and never cheat)…
Exercise (and not get lazy)…
And sleep right (never staying up too late
to watch those late movies or TV shows).
We'd love it if we had a stress-free life as a
supporter of a loved one with bipolar disorder.
Yes, we'd love those things.
But that's not reality, is it?
The reality is like what Michele wrote about
the rose.
You have to take the bad with the good.
A rose is very beautiful.
But it also has its thorns.
Just like bipolar disorder.
It has its good days.
But it also has its bad days too, doesn't it?
In my courses/systems below, I don't just talk
about the good parts of bipolar disorder – I tell
you how to deal with the bad things, too – about
how to deal with episodes, and even how to deal
with what happens after episodes:
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What a beautiful life it would be if we didn't
have to deal with bipolar disorder…
NOT TRUE!
We'd still have to deal with life itself.
And, like the poem, which was NOT about
bipolar disorder, by the way, it was about LIFE…
No life is perfect.
You'd still have to deal with many of the same
problems you're having to deal with that you are
now with your loved one's bipolar disorder.
So what I'm trying to say is…
Don't feel sorry for yourself when times get bad,
because they would get bad sometimes with or
without having to deal with bipolar disorder in your
life.
That's just life itself.
If you have communication problems with your
loved one who has bipolar disorder, you would
probably have communication problems with them
even if they didn’t have bipolar disorder.
If you have problems with expressing your thoughts
and feelings, and/or you tend to “stuff” them now,
you probably would anyway, and that would still be
a problem.
If you feel distant from your loved one at times, you
would probably feel distant from them even if they
didn’t have bipolar disorder.
If you tend to get stressed and anxious, you would
probably still get stressed and anxious whether your
loved one had bipolar disorder or not.
If you are short-tempered and tend to get angry easily,
it is probably not because of your loved one’s bipolar
disorder – it just may be the way you are.
What I’m saying is that you can’t blame all your
problems on your loved one’s bipolar disorder.
Some of your problems would still be there whether
your loved one had bipolar disorder or not.
Learn from the Lesson of the Rose.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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