Do Not Do This With Bipolar Disorder
Published: Wed, 07/01/09
Hi ,
How's it going for you today?
I want to talk to you about
something today.
It's about generalizing...
And about how too many people
generalize, and how it's not
good to do it.
Here's what I'm talking about.
Like, you know I work out three
times a week, because I've talked
about it before.
And people who see me in the gym
know it too, and so do other people.
Well, I do it to take care of my
body and to stay in good health.
But some people at the gym think
I'm trying to compete with them
and trying to be like them. That's
generalizing on their part.
And other people think I'm trying
to be some big famous professional
body builder just because I compete
non-professionally, so that's
generalizing on their part.
But as far as bipolar disorder goes...
The same thing has happened to me
there, too.
Just because I have a mother who
has bipolar disorder, people
generalize, and think that I
have the disorder too.
Then they generalize even
more, and some people think
that every supporter who has
a loved one who has bipolar
disorder must have it themselves.
Some people generalize and
think that every child of a parent
with the disorder will also get
bipolar disorder (which is only
sometimes true).
And some people generalize that
all people with bipolar disorder
are "crazy."
This is called stigma, and is one
of the things I talk about in my
courses/systems. It's one of the
things that can happen when
people generalize.
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Do you see how this thing
can truly get out of hand?
Well, you can't generalize
about bipolar disorder either,
or else...
Well, just think about it...
What if you were to just lump
your loved one in with everyone
else who has bipolar disorder
and generalized about them?
But the truth is that everyone
who has bipolar disorder is
different, so you can't generalize
like that.
And what if you went to a support
group, and one person said that
their loved one was on this super
great medication, and that your
loved one should take it too?
If you were to generalize, you'd
think that just because this
medication worked for that
person's loved one, that it will
work for your loved one, too,
and that might even be dangerous.
Generalizing is like thinking that
everyone's bipolar disorder is
the same, too.
Or that they act the same, too.
But the truth is that there are
different types of bipolar disorder.
Your loved one might have one
type, while someone else you
know might have a different
type.
Everybody is different.
Every supporter is different.
Everyone who has bipolar
disorder is different.
There are different types of
bipolar disorder.
There are different medications
for different people.
You just can't generalize
about all these things.
Have you ever had anyone
generalize about you?
Or about your loved one?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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