A couple things that he told me were that I need to exercise every day, exercise for bipolar/depression is like taking a plunger to the brain as it helps the neurons fire better (or something along those lines lol). I was doing really well with exercising every day up until I started getting daily migraine headaches then I kind of let the migraines be an excuse not to exercise. So I am going to make more of an effort to exercise every day. I will have 1 rest day a week which I have chosen to be Fridays since it is my 'longer' work day.
Then he talked about how easy it is to let little things go such as making the bed, once that little thing goes it's easy to let other things go. He said that bipolars it is amplified 4x that of a normal person. Which is so true, it's easy to let things go such as walking by something that has fallen on the floor instead of picking it up. So one of my assignments for the week was to pick one thing that I 'let go' and do it every day forever. I chose putting on makeup. I feel better about myself and more confident when I wear it, yet only usually wear eyeshadow and sometimes mascara as it's too much bother, and I get anxious about taking the time in the mornings. So that is my 'thing' that I am not going to let go any more, even on my days off which is something that I don't do on Sundays. If I don't have anything planned on tuesdays I don't wear makeup on tuesdays either. So I am going to wear full makeup every day. He wants me to 'report' to my hubby about whether or not I wear makeup each day.
The other assignment is to keep track of my mood triggers, my 'ups and downs' so to speak. Keep track of what thoughts or events make me sad and depressed or up and happy etc each day. So those are my 2 assignments we shall see how I do. My hubby told me he was proud of me today, that made my day. I am really trying to get better management of my bipolar. I don't want to lose my hubby and I want our relationship to be better.
i sure do understand about the part about 'walking' past things. i don't know how my bipolar came to be. it still is hard to believe. my husband is really supportive too, sometimes to the point of me feeling guilty about how much this has put on him. we sat down and played cards last week, he had come home early after getting really fried at work one day. nice surprise. i also have the goal of more exercise, and it looks today like i might actually get to go outside to do it, our temps here have been at 10 above and much further below. i live in the way northern part of michigan aka...the arctic circle. i have to work on the makeup part too, i hope that today is a good day for you. So far, mine isn't going so bad for me. Since my husband travels sometimes and he's gone now, i look forward to him coming back on Thursday. make it a good day :) Thanks for writing.
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Hi :) Thanks for writing me back, i really appreciate it. Sounds like I have another new thing to look up, and Thank You for your blog and upbeat way of helping :)
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Hi :) Thanks for writing me back, i really appreciate it. Sounds like I have another new thing to look up, and Thank You for your blog and upbeat way of helping :)
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