Dealing With Bipolar? Discover These Simple Things
Published: Tue, 01/26/10
Hi ,
How's it going for you today?
I hope you're having a great
day.
You know, I've heard it said,
as I'm sure you have too, that
it's the simplest things that
can make a big difference.
Have you ever thought of
that?
Too many of us have a way of
complicating things, so that we
lose the solution in the middle
of all the tumult.
When it could be that the solution
is staring you right in the face.
A simple thing.
Some of our greatest inventions
are due to a simple idea.
Look at the telephone...
The lights...
The car...
The computer...
They all started with a simple
thought, and expanded on that
to become a great invention that
helps people.
I teach people how to approach
problem solving in my courses/
systems, and they are simple
ideas, but if you do them, life
gets better.
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I'm not saying that it is always
going to be easy to solve your
problems.
Some problems seem almost
impossible to solve.
But let's take, for instance, that
your loved one is in an episode.
It's not hard to see the solution
to that problem - they need to
get immediate help, or they will
get worse.
It's the HOW that is the problem.
If you're lucky, your loved one
will call their own doctor, psychiatrist,
and/or therapist for help.
Or, if it is really bad, that they
would agree to go to the hospital
voluntarily.
But if they are not cooperative,
you need to come up with another
solution.
Especially because they need more
help than you can give them.
For one couple, this was a
simple solution.
The husband was in a bipolar
episode, and saying all kinds of
strange things (hallucinations and
delusions).
He also wasn't sleeping.
The wife was trying to get him
to seek help.
The problem was, he didn't want
to.
So she very patiently talked to
him.
She reflected back at him (one of
the communication techniques
that I teach) the things he was
saying.
When he heard them coming out
of her mouth, he could see that
they weren't rational.
When she pointed out that there
really was no one else there (and
showed him), he could see that
he was hallucinating.
But when she asked him if he
was tired...
When she pointed out how nice
it would be for him to sleep...
That's when he started listening
to her.
I'm not saying it will be something
as easy as "Wouldn't it be nice to
get some sleep?" like it was for
this woman.
But I am saying that sometimes
it's the simplest things that help
the most.
Can you think of some examples
of simple things that have made
a difference for you?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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