I asked my brother,“What’s it like to have a sister with bipolar disorder?”His answer was totally unexpected. I thought he would talk about the problems I had in the past. But that was a long time ago –and now we get along well. It’s good to ask family members what they think. You can record them and add them to your blog! Julie
 Hi,I just received this comment about my speech last week. I want to respond to it directly.
julie. . . .we attended your speech in Eugene on last Thursday night. My daughter is having a hard time right now and any little “light”that she can see is SO important,so you can imagine how important it has been for her to be exposed to your hopeful messages,your time that you took to speak with us afterward! We bought the health cards CD. Haven’t had time to look at it yet,but WILL. Many thanks. becky
** When I meet wonderful people at my talks,I’m always happy to see mothers and fathers with their child. There is so [ Read More ] I Don’t Need You! Leave Me Alone! It may be that you’re on this blog because you love someone with bipolar disorder and they won’t let you help them. It hurts,doesn’t it. I’m in a situation right now where a person I care about deeply is having a hard time- in fact he is quite ill. He will tell me what’s going on,but if I get upset or ask for anything from him,such as a phone number where I can reach him or at least a general location where I could find him if something happened,he says,“Why do you have to be so demanding all of the time? I knew it was a mistake to call you!” You know what? I only have so much energy for this. I’m tired in fact. I’ve been here for this person for years and he has often been there for [ Read More ]  | |
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