{"id":5932,"date":"2017-08-24T06:35:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T12:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastorbrad.blog\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2017-08-24T06:35:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T12:35:14","slug":"helpful-tips-when-dealing-with-no-support-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/helpful-tips-when-dealing-with-no-support-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Tips When Dealing With No Support System"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you when you have no positive and encouraging support your family and\/or friends?<\/h2>\n

\"tim-marshall-173957\"<\/p>\n

Research shows that when those of us with mental health challenges have a good support system of family and friends, we actually do better than those who do not have a support system. It only makes sense. After all, as it is with any challenges in life, we all do better with the support of family and friends. The support of my wife, family, and close friends was key in encouraging me and helping me to learning to live well in spite of having a bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n

So, what do you when you have no positive and encouraging support your family and\/or friends?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Choose to work through your hurt from the lack of support from your family and\/or friends. You can\u2019t change people. Sometimes we have to just accept the fact that family and friends do not understand nor are they helpful; and you resenting it won\u2019t change them and will only end up holding you back.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Choose to find and establish the type of encouraging positive support system that you need. How?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      a. Look for a positive, helpful, principled mental health recovery peer support group, in person or online. A support group is a great place to find friends who can be positive and supportive to whom you can be accountable on a regular basis. (For example, Fresh Hope<\/a>now has support group meetings online so no matter where you live you can find a positive and encouraging mental health support group.)<\/p>\n

      b. Finding a local peer support specialist is also another possibility for a positive support system.<\/p>\n

      c.Other places to find good friends are at church, a health club, the gym, and with special interests groups.<\/p>\n

      Remember, you and I become like the five people we spend the most time with; therefore choose friends carefully.<\/p>\n

      In spite of having a great support group of spouse<\/a>, family, and friends, I\u2019ve also had an accountability group of peers who have held me accountable for my mental health recovery and doing the things that are best for me and for my family.\u00a0\u00a0 This accountability group has been key in my recovery<\/a> support system. They have had access to my doctor and my wife. My wife and doctor have also had access to them and to one another. I call it my \u201ccircle of accountability\u201d which hems me in and keeps me honest.<\/p>\n

      While it\u2019s not always been comfortable; my accountability group has empowered me to live well in the long run. Let\u2019s be honest, too often you and I can easily tell the doctor one thing and our spouse or friends something else; only telling people what we want them to know. And while it took a lot of trust initially in the individuals who have made up my accountability group, it has served me very well.<\/p>\n

      From my perspective, it imperative for you and me to have a positive and encouraging support system and accountability. And as disappointing and hurtful as it is to have a lack of support from friends and\/or family members, you can\u2019t let that keep you from finding the support system you need. Yes, it will take effort to do so. But the effort will pay off.<\/p>\n

      What about you? Do you have the support of family and friends? If not, have you been able to establish a support system for yourself? If so, where? How?<\/strong><\/p>\n

      <\/h4>\n

      Check out Brad\u2019s weekly podcast: www.FreshHope4MentalHealth.com<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n

      Check out Fresh Hope\u2019s online meetings: www.FreshHopeMeeting.com<\/a><\/em><\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Research shows that when those of us with mental health challenges have a good support system of family and friends, we actually do better than those who do not have a support system. It only makes sense. After all, as it is with any challenges in life, we all do better with the support of family and friends. The support of my wife, family, and close friends was key in encouraging me and helping me to learning to live well in spite of having a bipolar disorder.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-5932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope-and-encouragement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFresh Hope for Mental Health - Helpful Tips When Dealing With No Support System<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/helpful-tips-when-dealing-with-no-support-system\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Helpful Tips When Dealing With No Support System\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research shows that when those of us with mental health challenges have a good support system of family and friends, we actually do better than those who do not have a support system. 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