Reminder-The danger of "why" and bipolar disorder

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Hi,

What a day yesterday.

It was really strange. Okay, a few days
ago I was thinking how well my mom was doing.
I was thinking well what if this that or the
other thing happen related to bipolar disorder.

I said to myself, "wow we have a system a solution
for everything."

I felt confident.

Then yesterday morning it started.

I felt like I was getting attacked by people
far worse than my mom had ever been.

There was something that made no sense posted on
my blog. A person called my cell phone and demanded
that I take down all my websites because it "all
was a lie."

Another person said that I ripped them off 2 years ago
and they want m.oney from me.

This is on top of the woman who said that I broke into
her house stole $400. This woman lived thousands of
miles away, I didn't have her address and the cost of
flying to her state was $600. I asked her, "why would
I spend $600 to steal $400?" She said she didn't know
but she wanted $400 from me and she said I stole
her rent money.

Finally I got her to stop calling me after hours.

Some ask why I am frustrated sometimes. Others
wonder why I am rushed in my emails. When you have
all these things to do, when you have limited time,
you are frustrated and rushed sometimes.

Yesterday was seriously one of the worst days
ever. I am just being honest. Dealing with 3 people
who swear they are right and saying things that make
no sense is difficult. Especially when those people
start attacking everyone in the company.

But back to my stories. In all those cases, you could
ask this dangerous questions--"Why?" Why would someone
say that I stole their c.redit card and shipped
things to their house. Why would someone say I broke
into their house and stole $400 when they live thousands
of miles away. Why would someone demand for me to
take down all my sites and say that I am part of a
conspiracy to eliminate all people with bipolar disorder?


There is NO answer. The people that say these things
are not in their right minds. They are generally off
their medication or not following their treatment plan.

As a result, they can say and do absolutely anything.

Over the last year you may have seen "crazy" things posted
on my blog. I allow free speech and sometimes ill people
post things that are incomprehensible. I NEVER ask
why they do. I already know why--they are off medication
or not following their entire treatment plan.

The big mistake that many bipolar supporters make is
to ask "why did he/she do that or say that?" Did I
cause it? Why? Why? Why? Many supporters spends so
many hours trying to figure out the why. There is no
answer. Remember bipolar disorder is a mood disorder
and a person who is not following a proper treatment
plan can say or do absolutely anything.

The focus has to be getting someone on a good
treatment plan. Getting someone to a doctor who
is good. Etc.

In my courses/systems below I teach exactly
how to do this. It's complicated but it can be
done.

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In my courses/systems I have spent a lot of time
figuring out how to counter what happens when
a person gets off medication.

Most of the ideas have come from people with disorders
themselves. You can never find or get this kind of
information from anyone but me.

For example, I have someone on my team that has gotten out of
many psychiatric hospitals and been off medications
for years.

Finally after wasting more than 25 years "gaming"
the system, this person finally accepted bipolar
disorder and followed a treatment plan and has
done great.

This person is one of my "go to" people to create
complicated systems to combat a person who
refuses to take medications and is on bipolar
disorder.

Anyway, this person volunteered to help me
develop a system for my customer service and myself
to deal with people I was dealing with yesterday.

I must say the system is amazing. It's currently
being refined. In addition to this person, 4
other people are helping to look at, improve
upon a system to deal with the worst of the
worst that we have recently encountered.

It's sad but when people do and say crazy things
that have a mental illness it undermines all
those high functioning people or functioning
people in society doing well. It makes them
look crazy as well.

The people who work for me get super mad when
people get off their medications and do crazy things
or say crazy things.

They feel that it makes it harder for them to
say that they have a mental illness.

This is true.

If I look at this organization. EVERY TIME there is
an event that has to do with a someone who has a mental
illness anyone connected to my organization contacts me
fishing around to see if I deal with the same type of
people.

Many times, many people don't even want to do business
with an organization that has people that work for it
that have a mental illness. Why? Because of all the
bad stories they have heard. Because of the people
who get off their medications and create all kinds
of problems in society. Is this fair? Of course not
but this is reality.

If the world saw all the stable and high functioning
people who are super smart, creative, etc. people
would want to hire those with a mental illness
not avoid them. The problem is, the people who
get off their medications and don't follow a treatment
plan do so much bad that they draw scrutiny which
causes people to be afraid. See the problem?

Yesterday some how my accountant found out what
happen with all the people I was dealing with.
He called me and tried to persuade me to not
work in this field. He said that the people
are dealing with are "dangerous." He doesn't
know much about mental illness except the bad
things he hears.

Anyway, I have to run but be careful about "why."
If your loved one goes into an episode, goes
off his/her medications they are capable of
doing anything. It won't make sense. You can't
have a reason. It's not your fault.

Don't spend time trying to figure out why.
Just like I didn't spend one second yesterday
or last month wondering why someone would accuse
me of things like I took a plane, flew to another
state broke into their house to steal $400 which
was less than the cost of the ticket in the first
place.

There is no why. The person is out of their mind
because she was off her medications. That's the bottom
line.

The person off their medications is capable of
doing anything or saying anything. Don't ever
forget that.

Your Friend,

Dave

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