Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
hi everyone. i was happy that im making progress in my career as a nurse. BP was really giving me a hard hard time @ first. But i told myself that I have to overcome of my fear. . The fear that i will screw everything up. The first day of duty, i cannot insert ( intravenous training) and every nurse at the ER is kind of pissed at me. After 3 days, my cases are still incomplete. so the head rescheduled me after 1 month i think. And then while i was on my vacation, I just applied what Rhona Byrne wrote in her book, The Secret. That you have to convert your thoughts into a positive one. That you, me, we...we cannot find happiness outside, but rather inside. And then there, i was repeatedly imagining that i was doing the insertion in the patient's vein successfully, i was visualizing the whole thing over and over again! Up into the day of my duty! even 1 hour before my duty. so there, the first two tries, (BECAUSE OF MY ANXIETY!!)I failed. the third, i was able to MAKE IT!!! The preceptor told me , "don't be nervous.," and there, the fourth try i also succeeded. I just told myself, that i can make it, i can make it!! JUST FOCUS! I can't believe this, i'm making progress! I CAN! :)
I use visualizing for solving problems. A scientist said that he never thought of answers to problems at his desk. He would study the problem until he knew everything about it, then forget about it, and later the answer would just occur to him, while he was walking in the woods, for example. Ive found that answers to problems will often come to me as mental images, and when I think I have an idea Ill look at a wall or ceiling and see if an image comes to mind that suggests a solution.
Negative thinking really makes trouble for us when it comes to anxiety and depression, but strictly speaking what cognitive therapy aims at is thinking thats accurate and relevant. A reality check when you have an unpleasant mood shift is very helpful.
I dont have to tell you that theres a lot of stress in your profession. If youre interested in the subject of stress reduction methods, Ill recommend looking at one of the books for nurses and physical therapists on chronic pain.
I have DVD of The Secret, have yet to watch in full, but am going to make it a priority now!!!