- The ability to call ones therapist when's the other is exhibiting unusual behavior that is concerning
- The health person in the relationship is responsible 4 cooking pre-frozen meals that just require being put in the oven
- All dishes and silverware are replaced with the equivalent paper/ plastic product in an episode
- All parenting related issue fall on the health parents. This includes finding childcare and delegate child's responsibility two others when possible.
- Children go to bed an hour early
- Daily list of self care is the only requirement for the day
- Make sure the house is (insert name) proof meaning the person cannot himself purposely or accidentally
- sick parent is required to read a story or watch a movie with children before bed
- Medication and drink will be handed to the person so they do not forget to take it
- Activity bags based on mood will be taken out and readily available
that is just a stat we tend to treat each otherwith tons of respect but the ability of a 3 year old in decision making. one of the major thing is that when in an episode we avoid disciplining our child in a non concrete weigh. Depending on your house hold your 8 year old maybe able to complete more self care acts then given. Like fixing snacks, and doing their own laundry (with laundry soap packs)
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Dx:
Me- SzA
Husband- Bipolar 1
Daughter- mood disorder+
Comfortable broken and happy
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