Is this the truth about bipolar disorder?

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Hi,

I read something interesting this week,
and I wanted to share it with you, see
what you think about it. It's by M. Scott
Peck, M.D., from the book The Road Less
Traveled. The thing about it is that it was
written in 1978, but it is still as true
today as it was back then:

"Life is difficult. This is a great truth,
one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth
because once we truly see this truth, we
transcend it. Once we truly know that life
is difficult ? once we truly understand and
accept it ? then life is no longer difficult.
Because once it is accepted, the fact that
life is difficult no longer matters."

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Wow! Don't you think that's powerful?
I sure do.

Especially when you're living with
bipolar disorder. Just living life in
general is difficult enough, but when
you throw bipolar disorder into the
mix, it can seem practically impossible
sometimes, doesn't it?

We've talked about truth and bipolar
disorder before, but not in this way.
What Dr. Peck is talking about is
accepting truth in such a way as to
rise above it once we understand it
and accept it.

So the key is to accept the truth,
Like accepting the truth of having
bipolar disorder, because once you
do, the next thing you have to do
is learn all you can about it, so you
have the knowledge you need to
rise above it ? to make that
knowledge work for you, instead
of against you. In fact, that's
one of the things that I teach
in my courses/systems:

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I like the way Dr. Peck says that
once we truly understand and accept
that life is difficult, then life is no
longer difficult. I mean, he doesn't
say that anything changes or anything,
I mean nothing changes in your life
except your attitude towards it!

Just like I'm always telling you ?
It's always in the way you look at
things ? you can look at them in a
negative way (then you're defeated)
or in a positive way (then you're
positive and proactive).

If you believe that your life is
a mess just because you or a loved
one has bipolar disorder and it has
just ruined your life, then you will
become a self-fulfilling prophecy,
and bipolar disorder probably will
ruin your life.

But if you look at it as a challenge,
that you're going to overcome,
look at it like you are going to beat
it, no matter what, then that will be
your self-fulfilling prophecy, and
you will beat the bipolar disorder.

I think what Dr. Peck is saying is
that YOU are responsible for how
you look at life. You have a
CHOICE. You can look at it like
it's really difficult, or you can look
at the very same life and understand
and accept it and life is no longer as
difficult as you thought it was.

That's the way you need to look at
your or your loved one's disorder.

As Dr. Peck says, "[then] the fact that
life is difficult no longer matters."

What do you think? Do you agree
with him or not?

Your Friend,

Dave

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