Bipolar Disorder is a LIAR!
Published: Sun, 06/14/09
Hi ,
How are you today?
I want to tell you something really funny.
Yesterday I went hiking and got
totally lost.
I mean totally lost. Like the kind of
lost that I was thinking I was going
to be sleeping over and not be able
to find my way home.
Luckily I bumped into someone
that explained to me how to
get home.
Otherwise it would have taken me like 5 more
hours and it was raining and getting dark.
The guy that told me how to get home said
to me, "I've been hiking for many years
and sometimes the trail maps are liars."
I thought that was funny. He then explained
how many maps are so old and are passed
down even though the trail is completely different
today.
If you look at some trail maps, they say
go this way and you do and it's completely
wrong and then you are WAY OFF TRACK.
When you are 10 to 20 miles in the woods
with nobody around that can be a big problem : )
When I was walking back to my car yesterday,
soaking wet, I was thinking about what I
was going to write for today's daily email.
Bipolar disorder is a LIAR!!!
I know that may sound funny to
you, as if I'm talking about the
disorder like it's something you
can touch or feel...
As if it's something outside yourself...
As if it were a person or something
that was capable of lying...
But that's kind of how I look at it.
Because let me tell you...
Bipolar disorder is a LIAR!!!
It is a disorder that tells you that you
don't have it, for one thing.
Think about it -
When you're loved one is feeling fine...
Like when they were first diagnosed,
they may have gone through something
called DENIAL.
That's when the disorder lies and tells
them that they don't have it.
Or when your loved one goes through
a manic episode, and they think they're
fine...
Same thing.
DENIAL.
Is it?
Or is it the bipolar disorder lying to
them, telling them they're fine,
when they're really not?
You know they're sick, in a manic
episode, but they don't know it,
because they're having irrational
thoughts because of the disorder.
And what about medication?
You know your loved one needs
their medication in order to get
better.
Usually, they know it, too.
But sometimes bipolar disorder can
LIE to people who have the disorder.
It can tell them that they're better,
and they don't need their medication!
When, in fact, it's the medication
itself that is making them feel better.
Then they might listen to the lie and
go off their medication, and you
know how dangerous that can be.
Then they can go into a bipolar episode
(or worse) and you're right back into
that cycle of denial again!
Do you see what I'm saying?
How bipolar disorder is a LIAR?
In my courses/systems, I talk about
how important it is to know everything
there is to know about bipolar disorder
so you can be educated, informed,
and have knowledge. Now you can
see one of the reasons why.
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Bipolar disorder will lie to your loved
one and tell them that they can handle
it all by themselves.
That they don't need anyone else to
help them manage their disorder.
But you know that they not only need
you, but that they should have a strong
support system, including their doctors,
family, and friends.
Worst of all, bipolar disorder will lie
to your loved one and tell them that
they will never get better.
It will tell them that they will always
be this way, that there is no hope
for them.
And without hope, your loved one
can get depressed. Very depressed.
They may even go into a bipolar
depressive episode (or worse, even
get suicidal), because they feel so
helpless and hopeless.
But that is a LIE!!!
There is ALWAYS hope for
recovery for someone who has
bipolar disorder!
Never give up hope!!!
Can you think of ways that
bipolar disorder has lied to you?
What have you done to combat it?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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