Dealing With Bipolar Disorder? Don't Fall Victim to This
Published: Tue, 03/09/10
Hi ,
How's it going?
I hope you're having a good
day.
There's a problem that affects a
lot of people with bipolar disorder
and their loved ones. So, I'm just
warning you:
DON'T FALL VICTIM TO A
HIGH LIFESTYLE!
Once they become stable and
high functioning, many people
with bipolar disorder wind up
being really successful.
For example, they have started
their own home business as an
option to working outside the
home, and it's going real well.
They make lots of money (while
those who are not as high functioning
may still be battling financial
troubles, which I go over extensively
in my courses:
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But if they do become successful,
which I teach in my courses that
they definitely can be, some of
these people start going to the
extreme - which I do NOT teach
them to do!
The extreme is what I was talking
about before - about buying lots
of unnecessary things and living
a high lifestyle, just because you
have the money.
Then they have to cut back on
whatever they did to make all the
money, because the stress puts them
back into a bipolar episode, and the
cycle just continues on and on.
IS IT WORTH IT?
Sustaining this high lifestyle is
too much, and not worth it.
Especially in this economy,
where everyone is having to
cut back expenses wherever
they can, just to try to live
within their means.
And so many people are having
trouble with this, because the
economy is really hurting them,
and now they're having to
scramble to change their
lifestyle.
You should cut back and downsize
to a more simple life, like these
people are having to do.
De-stressing alone would
be worth what you have to do to
achieve it.
Take a look at all your stuff and see
what you really need (as opposed to
what you really want).
Do you really need 300 stations on
your TV?
Do you really need 3 cars? Or even
2 cars? Many people are even going
down to ONE car!
Do you need to eat out 8 times a
month? This is where a lot of people
spend their money.
Not just eating out in a regular
restaurant, but tons of money is
spent on fast food.
Try bringing food from home
instead.
Do you need to buy all those
expensive clothes?
I know this married couple, where
both of them have bipolar disorder,
and they both live on disability.
They used to have high paying
jobs, along with the pressure that
came along with that, and they
had all the trappings of it as well -
the house, the car, the clothes, etc.
But both of them could not keep
up that lifestyle, not just because of
the bipolar disorder, but because the
economy turned so much for the
worst.
And their high tower fell down.
They were both living month
to month on just their disability,
until I met them, and now one
of them works for me.
But the point is, they have
continued to live a very simple
lifestyle.
AND THEY ARE HAPPIER THEN
THEY WERE BEFORE!
It's basically very simple. If you
continue to live a high lifestyle, you
will continue to have the high stress
that that lifestyle brings into your life.
And if you have bipolar disorder, that
can cause you to have episodes.
IS IT WORTH IT?
It's your choice. You can give up
the stress, and you can live a simpler
lifestyle.
You can still be successful without
all the materialistic trappings.
You can cut back to one car (or
at least only 2).
You can cut out eating fast
food.
You can cut out expensive
dinners 8 times a month -
maybe just once a week, for
a "date night" (which I've
talked about before), and at
a more reasonably priced
restaurant.
And I bet you'll be much happier
for it.
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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