With Bipolar Don't Always Imagine This
Published: Tue, 02/17/09
Hi ,
How's it going?
I saw an interesting post that
said:
"I thought you were a wierdo on the make;
taking advantage.I ignored most of the emails
and felt angry.However today I have discovered
the comments by other sufferers and this was because
I realised you had words of comfort and wisdom in
your updates which made me look further."
For some reason, I have gotten a few people
this past week asking to work for me but
then asking me questions suggesting that
I was running some kind of scam.
Which obviously I am not.
I am glad this person sees that I am
working hard to help. It's no simple
task.
I was reading a book and saw this
quote:
I have been through some terrible
things in my life, some of which actually
happened," by Mark Twain.
I was thinking about this and it
reminded me of many negative supporters
who think everything will go wrong
and nothing will go right.
Now bipolar disorder is serious and
things do go wrong, but you just can't be
thinking about all the negative things all
the time.
If you concentrate on all the worst things,
you can't help your loved one get better,
because it will make you have a negative
attitude.
Then your loved one will pick up on it,
and they will have a negative attitude,
too, and they won't get better.
They'll just start thinking, "I'll never
get better. I may as well just give up."
It's just like that Mark Twain quote.
They'll just start imagining all sorts
of things.
Just like you.
If you start thinking about the
worst things all the time, you'll start
imagining that things will happen,
and they might not even happen.
Like you'll be walking around on
eggshells waiting for the next episode
to happen, when it might be YEARS
before the next time your loved one
goes into an episode again.
And what if your loved one does the
same thing?
In my courses/systems, I talk about
how a positive attitude vs. a negative
attitude can affect your loved one's
stability.
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I'm not saying that you shouldn't plan for
things that might happen. I'm not saying
that at all.
You still have to plan but many times,
people imagine the worst all the time.
You should still have your Episode
Emergency Plan in place.
What's that?
Well, even though you don't want your
loved one to go into an episode, and you
shouldn't be worried about it all the time,
you should still have a plan in place in
case they do. That's just smart thinking.
What you do is, you make a list of all
their medications (keep it current, too)
with dosages and when they're supposed
to take them, and have it in a handy
place in case they do go into an episode
and have to go to the hospital.
Also keep a list (current) of their doctor,
psychiatrist and therapist, with names,
addresses, and phone numbers handy,
along with all other contact numbers,
like family, etc. for the same reason.
Also, if you have any documents, you
need to keep these somewhere where
you can get to them easily if your loved
one goes into an episode and needs to
be hospitalized.
For example, if you keep them in a
safety deposit box and your loved one
needs to go to the hospital on a Sunday,
you won't be able to get to the documents.
These are documents like a Power of
Attorney and a Medical Release Form, that
your loved one needs to sign in advance
when they are NOT in an episode.
So what I'm saying is not that you
expect the worst so that you're in a constant
state of worry, but you still plan for
emergencies in case they happen.
You can still keep a positive attitude,
especially for your loved one, but still be
prepared at the same time.
You can, as the saying goes...
"Plan for the worst, but hope for the best."
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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