Wisdom for people with bipolar disorder: Obama and Flacco (quarterback!)

Ah yes… it’s Sunday football today. I do love football. The players are such amazing athletes- and their mental stability is also very admirable.  Barack Obama is the same…. No matter what you think of Obama or football, there is no question they know what to do under pressure.  A reporter asked Obama how he handled the stress of the campaign. His answer actually surprised me:  “I don’t let the highs get me too high or the lows get me too low.” My first thought was- wow, that is excatly what I do every day in order to stay as stable as possible. Here is an interesting fact- Obama and I went to the same high school in Hawaii. He was two years before me, but I didn’t know him!  

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I just saw an interview with the Baltimore Ravens rookie quarterback Joe Flacco. When asked how he handled the pressure of being a rookie in the [ Read More ]