Dealing With Bipolar Disorder? Remember Monopoly?
Published: Wed, 03/10/10
Hi ,
How are you doing today?
I hope you're having a good
day.
Do you remember the game
Monopoly?
We played it when we were
kids.
You may even play it with your
own kids or grandchildren now.
The thing about Monopoly was
that it took soooo long, remember?
If you were going to play the
game right, you had to plan to
play it for HOURS!!!
And that's a LONG time to a
kid.
Did you ever play a game of
Monopoly, and you were winning,
and all of a sudden everyone
else wanted to quit?
Where did that leave you?
Frustrated, huh?
Disappointed?
Maybe even angry?
Because you were winning
the game when all of a sudden
everyone else decided to do
something else.
They "changed the rules" on
you.
In order to win, you have to
play the game the whole way
through, so you might have
felt gyped of your win.
And you wouldn't like that,
because you felt entitled to
that win!
You did the work for it...
You played by the rules...
You put in the time...
You played well...
And you were supposed to
win.
But children (and some adults)
don't always have the patience
to make it through a whole game
of Monopoly.
They might already be onto the
next activity, and you're sitting
there pouting!
Which, of course, will get you
nowhere except left out of the
next fun activity of playing.
It just doesn't seem fair to you.
Well, that's kind of like how
bipolar disorder works.
I talk about this in my courses/
systems - that things may change
on you unexpectedly:
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You could be doing everything
right...
You could be playing by the
rules...
Doing everything you're supposed
to be doing...
Putting in all the time and
effort to "win"...
And all of a sudden the rules
change on you!
All of a sudden the things that
you've always done aren't working
this time!
You see signs and symptoms of
an episode approaching.
You better do something quick!
No, this isn't what you expected.
No, this isn't what you wanted.
But just pouting about it isn't
going to get you stable.
And if you're a supporter, just
pouting about it isn't going to
help your loved one one bit.
It isn't fair! You might want
to exclaim.
No, it isn't fair.
But it is a reality you have to
deal with.
Just because the rules change
in mid-game, doesn't mean you
stop "playing" it.
You have to continue to do the
things that make you stable.
Just like a supporter has to keep
doing the things they normally
do to support you.
By both of you working together,
you can come out of the episode
faster.
Has this happened to you?
What did you do?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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