This goes out to all struggling parents who have been faced with a loved one dealing with bi-polar. I have over 25 years experience living with individuals who have this and want to encourage my readers that they are not alone.
You are not the one to blame! You did not cause this illness and you can not fix this illness! I want my readers to know that you can not save someone who does not want to be saved. You can encourage, listen, direct, guide and even mandate but if they are not willing to work the illness then you are at a stand still.
I want to lift up the caregivers of the bi-polar person and provide some guidelines that I have found very useful. I want to share these if anyone is interested in learning what I have learned. Some helpful and some not. Some work and some don’t. What is important is that I want to get this started to help others learn that they as the caregiver need to care for themselves.
I have many good, bad and even scary circumstances that I have experienced first hand. I am a caregiver and know how it feels to feel “helpless”. You’re not, you have the inner sense to know that something is just not right. You realize that something is going on and you just can’t seem to put your finger on it. Maybe the doctors have even made you believe that it is your imagination. PLEASE Stop and re-evalute your inner feelings, use your inner instincts, don’t turn your cheek, stop making excuses for their behavior.
Take hold today and send me questions, comments, concerns, your fears, your goals for your loved one or even your own. There is no time to waste! You need to get started and take back your life and your families. It’s time to be happy again and have peace. It is time for you to begin living again not only for you but for your loved one as well as the other family and friends involved.
