Doing the Best You Can With Bipolar

There are some days when just doing the best you can is all you can do to manage your bipolar disorder. And that's ok.

I think sometimes we expect too much from ourselves - even more than we'd expect from anyone else, and definitely more than anyone else expects from us. What's wrong with just coasting along, anyway?

Every day doesn't have to be a milestone day. It can just be a getting along the best you can day. Really, that's ok. There are a lot more of those kinds of days than there are the other kind.

There's more to be said about just doing the best you can. Compare it to when you've been in a bipolar depressive episode, and you'll see that it's a whole lot better, isn't it?

Sometimes the best you can do is all that you can do, especially when you're fighting depression. You can't expect as much from yourself when you're trying not to be depressed at the same time. You just do what you can, and leave the rest alone.

Then there are other days when you have more energy, and you can do more on those days. On those days, you can expect a little bit more from yourself. Do a little bit more, maybe go somewhere you might otherwise not go.

The thing is to maintain a balance, and not to expect more from yourself than you can handle at any given time. Just go along with your life, even with the ups and downs of your bipolar disorder. Try not to let them swing you too hard, and they won't get the best of you.

Get the most out of your good days, and just do the best you can on the not-so-good days, understanding that you will have some of those - that's just being realistic.

And, as you go along and get more stable, you'll find that you have more good days than bad days, and just doing the best you can has gotten you that far.

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Wishing you peace and stability,

Remember God loves you and so do I,
Michele