Bipolar: Eating the Same Cereal
Published: Sun, 09/28/14
Hi,
How are you doing today?
I hope you're having a really great day.
Have you ever thought about the cereal
that you prefer?
I'm sure you have a preference, like everyone
does.
Many people even still eat the kind they ate
as a child.
There are all kinds:
There is hot cereal, like oatmeal or Cream of
Wheat.
Then there is cold cereal, and that's where you get
into every kind under the sun.
With fruit or without fruit...
Fruity tasting...
Graham cracker-ish...
Frosted...
Sugary or not...
Flakes or not...
With almonds...
With oats...
Chocolate flavored...
Or other flavored...
Bite sized or regular sized...
Made for kids or made for adults...
And now they even push for added vitamins and
minerals and even antioxidants and other things
good for your health!
In my courses/systems below, I talk about
how eating a healthy diet can help with your
loved one's stability with bipolar disorder, and a
good choice in cereal can be a part of a healthy
diet:
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But, like I was saying earlier, many people still
eat the same cereal that they ate as a child.
Do you?
The point is that many people choose one thing and
then stick to it because they hate to change.
That's one of the problems that your loved one
may be experiencing with their bipolar disorder.
One of the first things that their therapist will ask
them to do is to change.
Usually, to change the way they think.
Like, the way they approach things.
Even the way they look at life.
For example, they may look at life and see it not for
the way that it is, but for the way that they would
like it to be, and that can cause them all sorts of
problems.
It can cause them problems not only with their
bipolar disorder, but with other things as well.
And especially cause them problems in a
relationship.
Say they're in a relationship with you.
And they see you not as you really are, but the
way that they would like you to be instead.
Well, that's going to cause problems, because
you will undoubtedly let them down, because
you can't possibly live up to their expectations
of you, because you're not perfect.
And this can even lead to fights...
Or cause them not to communicate with you, or
to not tell you how they feel or what they are
thinking when their moods change or they are
being triggered into a bipolar episode.
But another thing that can happen, whether you
have bipolar disorder or whether you are the
supporter to someone who has it, is that you can
fall into a rut (like still eating the same cereal you
ate as a child).
If this happens, it means that you've been doing
the same things over and over again for awhile...
And you've probably been getting the same results,
too.
And probably not the results you want, either.
That's the common definition of insanity:
Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting
different results.
So what can you do about it?
Change your routine.
Change your cereal, in other words (but that it were
that simple).
Make some changes in your life, like your loved one's
therapist is asking them to do.
It can even be simple ones.
Like...
If you normally take your shower in the morning,
take it the night before.
That way, you can spend more time with your
loved one or the children in the morning, or just
more time getting yourself ready, or just relaxing
with the morning paper or extra cup of coffee, or
whatever.
Or...
Say you or your loved one have been isolating too
much.
You can change that routine by adding more days
where you spend more time with friends and family,
say, by going to lunch or dinner or going out for
coffee with them or otherwise just spending time
with them.
What do you think?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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