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Today. SOS – I am falling apart. August 7, 2009.

I am totally overwhelmed.  Being on drugs does not help for sure.  Managing bipolar disorder means that the drugs combination is not unlike over – or undershooting, but it is never hitting the target.  I feel like I cannot wake up, I cannot move my body, I cannot concentrate, I cannot think and everything goes at [...]

Seven Ways to Reclaim Power

 
1. Avoid casting blame on an external force for your bad feelings about life.  Nothing outside yourself can control your thinking or your actions.
 
2. Avoid blaming yourself for not being in control.  You are doing the best you can, you are on the way to reclaiming your power.
 
3. Be aware of when and where you [...]

Toronto Sucks! JVS – We can’t have you in the Program!

Toronto sucks!
 
A friend told me “Toronto sucks!”  I strongly disagree, but no matter how hard I try, I cannot make my friend see the real problem.  He is clueless why he is sooo unhappy.  Like most of us, he is playing “blaming game”. 
 

It is not my fault that Toronto sucks.
It is not my fault that [...]

Problems become Opportunities. July 20, 2009.

1. “Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly”. Frank Tyger.
According to the  ”The Art of Reframing”, every problem is an opportunity in essence. 
At my door there is a whole queue:

health (you know, that I am mental)
job, I am still unemployed
separation
I live with my parents and I do not feel myself [...]

It is a problem

I have actually met people who know what “Art of Reframing” is.  It is quite simple.  Simple substitution of a word changes everything.  Like what? Like meaning.
For example,
It is a problem ==> It is an opportunity.
It is a good substitution; however, when you start to substitute the word “problem” with the word “opportunity” every time, [...]