Sometimes We Have to Be Our Own Bipolar Cheerleader

Rah! Rah! We can do it! Yes we can! Ok, so it doesn't rhyme. And it may not encourage you to go out and "pull one for the team." But it may just encourage you to keep on going just one more day with the problems you have to face with your bipolar disorder.

Sometimes, you may not have a whole cheering section in your corner. Sometimes your best cheerleader is yourself. And you can't give up on yourself, either! You have to keep going, even when you feel like quitting.

Because you don't really have a choice. Well, actually, you always have a choice, but since the alternative is to go into a bipolar episode... that's not much of a choice, now, is it?

Sometimes it can feel pretty lonely facing our problems alone, or at least feeling like we're facing them alone. We might have a good support system, and that's great, but still feel like we're the only one who really knows how we feel with our disorder.

It's kind of like only an alcoholic really truly knows how another alcoholic feels deep inside. Well, sometimes we feel that way, too. That only another person with bipolar disorder can truly understand us.

That's why I'm here. I want you to know that I truly do understand what you're going through. Oh, I may not have faced the very same problems, but the feelings are the same. And I can be your very own personal cheerleader! There you go! You can do it! You can beat this thing!

But since I'm only on this blog, on this computer screen in front of you and not in person there beside you, my well wishes and prayers can only go so far, unfortunately.

In the end, you are the one who is with you all of the time. Just you. So you need to learn to become your own best bipolar cheerleader.

We used to hear it said, "Be your own best friend." But with bipolar disorder, you have to take it a step further. Because we deal with a whole host of other problems that need tending to.

But you CAN do it, I know you can! If you've made it this far, you can go further! Just think of everything you've already made it through, some of it pretty tough, too, wasn't it? Use those experiences to build your strength on, and you can push ahead.

We both know this isn't a football game. This is your life. Everything matters. But the more you conquer with bipolar disorder, the stronger you become, and the more stable.

The more stable you become, the happier your life. And I want you to have a happy life, don't you?

Wishing you peace and stability,

Remember God loves you and so do I,

Michele
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