[AddictWithAPen]

I am curious to know how a person with Schizophrenia and a person with Borderline Personality Disorder might get along. Any ideas?

[Crazy Hitch]

Challenging. But not impossible.

Education in this type of relationship would be key in order to make it work.

The partner who has Schizophrenia would have to educate themselves on BPD and its symptoms and vice versa.

Communication would be vital between both partners.

It could go well, or it could go not so well.

I think it all depends on whether or not each party educates themselves on the other person's disorder and makes allowances for it.

Also, it will depend on whether or not each feeds into the others disorder.

For example, I have PTSD and in general try to not have friends who have anxiety disorders as we just tend to make each other worse. I have tried many times, and it never ends up well. The anxiety just feeds off the anxiety. On the other hand, I had a friend who has Aspergers and we knew each other for a number of years. He was able to handle my emotional episodes better than most NT people and I was able to get close to him without being triggered (unlike everyone else I've met).

[s4ndm4n2006]

NO standards to go by on this. This is the same as asking if two people of any kind of personality or race, gender, height weight or otherwise might work out or not. If two people have certain mental issues going into a relationship and both know that they are dealing with such things, they are actually far better off than two people who have no idea what they are dealing with. At least in this situation you know certain aspects of their personalities and can work out plans for dealing with those things going forward.

But there is no way to know whether it's a good, bad or otherwise match.

[s4ndm4n2006]

Originally Posted by Crazy Hitch

Challenging. But not impossible.

Education in this type of relationship would be key in order to make it work.

Agreed but I would further note that "education" in any type of relationship is key to having a successful one, period. Knowing the other person's issues is not unique to those with mental issues but every person in existence because even those without an MI or PD to deal with have bents, issues and other things about them that a partner will need to know and understand to be able to be with them.

The partner who has Schizophrenia would have to educate themselves on BPD and its symptoms and vice versa.

~this^^^

Communication would be vital between both partners.

Agreed, but I also add that this isn't anything new but something that is critical in any relationship.

I agree with what you're saying but I think we get too caught up in disorders and mental illnesses so much that we forget that we are just people with our own issues and challenges in life just like everyone else except we have diagnoses and an understanding of our specific problems in our personalities or with our minds. In some ways this can be a plus because almost no one on earth goes through life with challenges with people, coping and otherwise but not everyone knows why and what they are dealing with.