Good Bipolar Days

There just aren't enough good bipolar days, I'll tell you that. I wish I had more of them, but who am I to complain, when I used to have so many bad ones that I never thought my life would have any semblance of normal, much less be as good as it is now?

I really am grateful, though, for the good days that I do have. I try to accomplish as much as I can on those days, too, because I never know what the next day is going to bring - whether it will be another good day or a bad one. That's the unpredictability of bipolar disorder.

Oh, but sometimes the good days are just so good, aren't they?

My favorite days are my do-nothing, laze around the house, watch DVD's, Sundays. I don't have to do anything, be anywhere, see anyone...I can just relax and be a couch potato if I want to! Oh, it's so much fun to just be lazy, isn't it? I love it!

It's different when you work hard all week and earn a lazy Sunday day than like it used to be when you'd be so depressed that every day was a bad bipolar day and you couldn't get out of bed or off the couch.

On good bipolar days you can accomplish so much! You can get everything done off your To-Do-List that you can, and even if you can't, it doesn't bother you - you just put it off till the next day.

On good bipolar days you feel so good about yourself - not like you used to when you would get so down on yourself on those bad bipolar days, not just feeling bad about the day, or the disorder itself, but about yourself (and others) as well.

On good bipolar days, everything just seems better than on other days. You just feel better about everything in general. You feel more stable, and in a better mood. Not manic or anything, just in a good mood. Gosh, don't you just love good bipolar days?

On good bipolar days, even if something bad does happen, you feel more able to cope with it - your problem solving skills are better than they are on a bad bipolar day. You can handle things better on a good bipolar day. Most things don't seem to bother you, either. You have more peace and joy. It's just a good day!

On good bipolar days it doen't bother you so much that you have bipolar disorder. You feel like you're managing the disorder pretty well, and that you're doing really well. And that's a good feeling - to feel like you're on top of this thing instead of the other way around, like you might feel on a bad bipolar day. It's great to feel like you're in control, isn't it?

On good bipolar days, everything is just GOOD, and that's the bottom line. They may not come very often, but when they do, we need to appreciate them.

Wishing you peace and stability,

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Remember God loves you and so do I,

Michele