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#1
Jan 18, 2015, 07:04 PM
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My picker is definitely broke but I would like to think I have alot to offer...what is your experience trying to find companionship within the confines of having bipolar?
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Jan 18, 2015, 07:21 PM
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It was bizarre but I actually met my husband while I was in the psych ward. I had been there for a couple of weeks and my friend came to visit me. For some reason she brought a complete stranger with her, which I thought was awkward. But as we talked, he turned out to be really cool and it was a fun time. I didn't see him again until maybe a month later when I finally got released. We started talking online and then he came up to visit me at home and then it just went from there.
But my experience is unique. I am lucky to have found someone who wasn't scared off my mental illness.
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Jan 18, 2015, 07:41 PM
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I have known my wife since I was about 5 years old and she has seen me through a lotof pain and turmoil with dealing with my illness. The thing is, I think that it take a caring and understanding person to deal with someone that has a mental illness as you never have a full idea on the challenges that it will present. My wife has seen some awful things when it comes to me and my behaviors but she also understands that there is a lot that I am trying to work out as the illness has progressed over the past year. It takes work but its definitely not impossible.
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Jan 18, 2015, 09:41 PM
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It's made dating pretty hard for me. It's like a secret that i don't know when or if to tell. And i feel that i can only relate to someone who has also faced their demons, but is now doing well. But that's hard to find.
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Jan 18, 2015, 11:03 PM
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#6
Jan 19, 2015, 02:37 AM
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I think dating in general is hard Bipolar or not.. I do think that you need to allow a person to get to know you. There is no need to disclose your bipolar right away .. I mean what if you go on date # 3 and decide he's a jerk.
If I met someone that I thought was interesting.. I would go out a few times and see how it goes. I wasn't diagnosed with Bipolar then , So now I think " well I had no problems dating then , so the label doesn't change things , really" Just try to relax and just be open to going on a date.. I find meeting people is fascinating everyone is unique.
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Jan 19, 2015, 06:42 AM
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Last year I started catching up with a guy I knew 20 years ago. We started dating. I had mentioned that I had bipolar and he knew a little bit about it and wasn't fussed. One month into our relationship I suddenly fell into a deep depression, required hospitalisation and had ECT. I was depressed in total 2 months the I suddenly went hypomanic. Not once throughout this did he stop supporting me. I was amazed. We are still together and things are going well. I guess some people are just plain judgemental and some are more open and compassionate.
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#8
Jan 19, 2015, 08:28 AM
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I was diagnosed BP2 two years into a relationship. For the most part, he's been supportive of it (especially since the Lamictal has started working!), but lately he has a tendency to blame my illness whenever I have a problem with something he's said or done.
I'm grateful that I'm not "dating" right now (we live together). I've always had the worst picker, and finding another person who will be supporting of me sounds like a nightmare! I'd rather be alone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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