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Originally Posted by Werewoman
I think someone can be supportive without understanding MI issues. You don't throw away decades of an otherwise loving, healthy relationship because they simply don't/can't understand what you live with every day, but you can make it off limits without compromising your relationship. Most people who deny MI do it out of self-preservation or simple ignorance, not out of stupidity, imho.
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Coming at it from two different directions. I have the power to give people the boot who don't understand, err support me. I am not in a relationship at the moment, at least not the typical kind. I didn't mean to throw away a decades long relationship. However, my illness does indeed affect every major aspect of my life. If someone can't support me, they're gone. I'm REAL. If you don't believe my disorder exists, you're essentially saying I'm a liar. I won't deal with that.