Bipolar? Is This Worth Working For?
Published: Wed, 02/17/10
Hi ,
How's it going?
I hope you're having a good day.
I'm sure you've heard the expression
"Anything worth doing is worth
doing well."
It wasn't easy in school for most
people.
We had to try hard to make a good
grade.
Relationships aren't easy, either.
In relationships, we have to try hard
to make them work.
Getting a job and working it is
hard work.
At a job interview we have to try
hard to make a good impression,
and if we get that job, we have to
work hard at it.
For many of us (who didn't get a
car from mom and dad on graduation),
getting that first car was hard work.
Many of us worked hard to save up
the money for our first car.
Then we had to work hard to keep
gas in it!
(Which isn't much different than
today)
It's the same in life.
We work hard in life.
We work hard to be a spouse.
We work hard to be a parent.
We work hard to be a good
employee.
And if you're a supporter to
a loved one with bipolar disorder,
then you work hard to be a
good supporter.
There's also the expression,
"Nothing comes easy in life."
And I agree with that, except
that I would add...
"...but it's worth it in the end."
Your loved one's stability is
worth what you/they have to
go through in order to get it.
The point is, that stability
can be accomplished.
I have many success stories
in my courses/systems to prove
it:
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Someone might have a bad day
at work and ask, "Is this worth
working for?"
Or someone might see something
they want (like a new car), or
something they want to do (like
a cruise), and they have to ask
themselves, "Is this worth working
for?"
Well, you need to ask yourself
the same thing:
"Is my loved one's stability worth
working for?"
And I think you will answer,
"Yes, it is."
Now, that's not to say it will be
easy, because it won't.
Bipolar disorder is a very serious
illness, and stability with it does
not come easily.
It takes time.
Too many people get impatient
with their loved one's progress
and give up too soon.
There will be relapses, too.
But you just have to expect
them as part of the process
of recovery.
As far as you're concerned,
just being a good supporter
is hard work, isn't it?
Sometimes you may have to
deal with things you don't
like.
Your loved one may have a
bad day, and you have to be
patient and also not jump to
the conclusion that they are
going into an episode.
It's just one of the things you
have to work through.
Your loved one will eventually
get stabilized on their
medications, and that will
take time, too, so you need
to be patient with that as well.
Just remember that with time
will come stability, and that
it is worth working for.
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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