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Recently I\u2019ve run across some great articles:\u00a0 \u201c13 Things That Mentally Strong People DON\u2019T Do\u201d (which is also a book by Amy Morin<\/em>) and \u201c15 Common Cognitive Distortions\u201d.\u00a0 So, for the last two weeks we have spent time talking about these two articles in the\u00a0Fresh Hope\u00a0group that I facilitate.<\/p>\n

The group and I both concurred that there are many of these issues that many of us have blamed on our mental health diagnosis in the past.\u00a0 But, it is obvious from these articles and also from our discussions in our group, that these are issues that anyone can relate to and do struggle with- including those who have no mental health diagnosis.<\/p>\n

We have come to the conclusion that many of the \u201cissues\u201d that we believe we have struggled with have more to do with emotional issues from childhood or wellness tools that we simply were not taught to us or illustrated in our growing up years. (As a pastor for the past 29 years, I can tell you that EVERYONE suffers from some emotional issues.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

So many of the issues that we thought were just part of being bipolar are in fact, emotional issues that can be worked through and changed when we develop the wellness skills necessary to overcome them. Granted, having bipolar can exasperate them.\u00a0 However, when we overcome them and work through them- there\u2019s nothing there for the bipolar to exasperate.<\/p>\n

For my perspective I spent a lot of the first years of my 19 years of recovery blaming bipolar disorder for a LOT of issues that had more to do with my not being emotionally strong and\/or some definite cognitive distortions. Which gave bipolar disorder way too much credit for the cause of my weakened state of mental health. I became empowered to really take my life \u201cback\u201d when I began to separate out what was bp and what were emotional weaknesses and cognitive distortions. How did I do this? With a lot of reading articles such as these two and doing a lot of personal reflecting and then working through the emotional issues with a counselor. Today, I have my life back and it\u2019s better than ever.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d encourage you to give these two articles and read and let me know what you think. I\u2019d enjoy dialoging about what you have found in the possible difference between your potential emotional and thinking issues verses the actual issues that are a direct result of your bipolar disorder. Plus, how do these two things (emotional and bp<\/em>) interact in your life?<\/p>\n

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Recientemente me he topado con algunos art\u00edculos estupendos: \"13 cosas que la gente mentalmente fuerte NO hace\" (que tambi\u00e9n es un libro de Amy Morin) y \"15...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope-and-encouragement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFresh Hope for Mental Health - What is Bipolar Disorder Issues Vs. 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