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Originally Posted by henrydavidtherobot
I'm currently beating myself up for sleeping with someone during a hypomanic episode even though I am not seeing someone officially.
I think that you're being very awesome for understanding that sexual mistakes are not the end all to a relationship.
I think that it's good to let her know that what she is going through is not easy and to be understanding, but to express personal responsibility. Sometimes, we use our illnesses as crutches.
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I am glad someone thinks I'm awesome!
The way I think about it, our relationship of fourteen years was not built on sex alone (it would be weird if it were) and so why would it collapse based on sex alone?
The really frustrating part is that she will say things like "I don't know why I am doing this.." or "I am really asking a lot of you..." but those thoughts don't have any effect on her behavior. So she really seems to have separated herself from a sense of responsibility for her actions.