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A New Perspective On Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Mania, Hallucinations, and Delusion
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028287
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
"Tom Wootton started Bipolar Advantage in 2003 because the results being offered for his bipolar condition were unacceptable. What started as small gatherings of local bipolar sufferers grew into an international online program that has helped thousands achieve a better life."
A description of the experience
A New Perspective On Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Mania, Hallucinations, and Delusion
What is unfortunate today is that far too many people continue to cling to the old belief that it is impossible to live a full life with a mental condition. On the other hand, a growing group of people are beginning to consider a life that is not restricted to a narrow range of experience.
I look forward to the day when we all rise above the ignorance that keeps us in fear and denial of a better life.
Bipolar In Order is based on a very simple premise: we can learn and grow to the point that we see our condition as an advantage in our lives. Because this concept is often difficult for many people to accept on blind faith alone, I encourage everyone to simply begin by accepting that this new perspective is possible. To make this perspective a reality requires persistence, determination, and commitment. If you will give this perspective a chance, you will prove it in your own life.
There are so many examples of bipolar "disorder" that it is easy to understand why so many people try to avoid it instead of facing it and getting it under control. We can choose to view depression, mania, hallucination, and delusion from at least two different perspectives--either as "disorder" or as "in order." Knowing that we have a choice of perspectives leads us to the understanding that we do not have to accept a diminished life. We begin to see what bipolar can be if we get it "in order" instead of trying to make it go away.
For me, Bipolar In Order is the greatest state there is. Once you begin to see the new perspective, everything changes. You see why the current approach of avoidance is all wrong. You cannot get to Bipolar In Order by figuring out how to avoid the symptoms. Avoidance is accepting a diminished life tragically below that which is possible. This book is about what bipolar looks like from the perspective of "in order" and how you can achieve it in your own life.
Bipolar In Order: Looking at Depression, Mania, Hallucination, and Delusion From The Other Side
15 Jan 2009
by Tom Wootton and MD Peter Forster