Broken Mind Broken Life

One of the biggest steps to recovery is understanding there are consequences to  your desease. When a person with bipolar has an episode the may do things to alienate people around them. When this happens the person with bipolar may have no idea they are even doing it. The bipolar sufferer in most cases has no control over how they act but, that doesn’t mean there aren’t consequences. Understanding this is a key to recovery for several reasons. The most important for me is the reduction in self hate. Understanding the way my family treats me is not my fault but, a consequence of my desease. By the same token my families reaction to my episodes is a normal reaction and one that should not be held against them. It is all very sad no doubt but, it is also the way the world around you works.