Have you ever had a boyfriend/girlfriend that also suffered from the same or similar mental disorder as you?!
Question: Have you ever had a boyfriend/girlfriend that also suffered from the same or similar mental disorder as you.?
I am particularly interested in Borderline and Bipolar combinations. How did it work out.?Health Question & Answer
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I have that combo.
My BF has a handful of others their still in the process of trying to decide if he is schizophrenic, schizotypal, or schizo effective. and he has ocd.
Its been a roller coaster. weve been together for 3 years and we both agree that we will be friends for life whatever comes of the relationship.
I think it depends on many things if a relationship will survive
-That both are aware of their own disorders and managing them to the best of their ability
-That both are well educated on the other persons disorder and can react appropriately to it , to the best of their ability.
-That the disorders do not have certain unchangeable features that clash with the other individuals unchangeable features of their disorder.
This has been an issue in my relationship. Being Bpd I need lots of affection and Bipolar now and again am hyper sexual. My boyfriend do to his disorder doesn't like to be touched or to touch others and is essentially A sexual. If I knew this ahead of time i wouldn't have started the relationship. It is an irreconcilable difference that may end up breaking us up. We live together 3 years and rarely cuddle and do not have sex. and not because were waiting for marriage or anything he just doesnt like to. Messes with my bpd bad. And I will not change my view here and neither will or can he. Make sure just as with wanting kids or not, their is no irreconcilable differences in what a relationship means to you due to the diagnosis each person has. Otherwise you may find yourself where i am. In love with each other but finding it unbearable to live with him but without intimacy.
If those three things are in order your in for a roller coaster anyway but crazy can be interesting and fun and you will feel understood like others can not.Health Question & Answer
My BF has a handful of others their still in the process of trying to decide if he is schizophrenic, schizotypal, or schizo effective. and he has ocd.
Its been a roller coaster. weve been together for 3 years and we both agree that we will be friends for life whatever comes of the relationship.
I think it depends on many things if a relationship will survive
-That both are aware of their own disorders and managing them to the best of their ability
-That both are well educated on the other persons disorder and can react appropriately to it , to the best of their ability.
-That the disorders do not have certain unchangeable features that clash with the other individuals unchangeable features of their disorder.
This has been an issue in my relationship. Being Bpd I need lots of affection and Bipolar now and again am hyper sexual. My boyfriend do to his disorder doesn't like to be touched or to touch others and is essentially A sexual. If I knew this ahead of time i wouldn't have started the relationship. It is an irreconcilable difference that may end up breaking us up. We live together 3 years and rarely cuddle and do not have sex. and not because were waiting for marriage or anything he just doesnt like to. Messes with my bpd bad. And I will not change my view here and neither will or can he. Make sure just as with wanting kids or not, their is no irreconcilable differences in what a relationship means to you due to the diagnosis each person has. Otherwise you may find yourself where i am. In love with each other but finding it unbearable to live with him but without intimacy.
If those three things are in order your in for a roller coaster anyway but crazy can be interesting and fun and you will feel understood like others can not.Health Question & Answer
Yes, me and my boyfriend both suffered from anxiety. I am 20 and he is 26, but he had his anxiety years ago before he met me when he was about my age and saw a therapist and it is now under control. However, when we met he noticed the same symptoms in me as he had suffered. I went through a traumatic separation of my parents that had a significant impact upon me, although i didn't quite realise this at the time, and was suffering from panic attacks and not eating. He paid for me to see the same therapist as he had when he was younger and encouraged me to go to my doctor and i was put on medication for the anxiety. My anxiety is now what i'd call 'under control' (like anorexia, i think its something that never completely leaves you) and i feel having gone through the same issues has brought me and my boyfriend closer together. He recognised how bad i was feeling and understood me and comforted me when i felt like i was going mad and everyone else was telling me to get a grip. I'm so glad we met, and i feel like it was fate that we met so i could get better, i honestly believe i would have suffered a nervous breakdown without him. And i feel like if we could survive that we can survive anything, he is my soul mate :-)Health Question & Answer
yes we had to finish for our own good. I was recovering from anorexia when i met my boyfriend and he started to go on 'fasts' and wouldnt eat all week and would exercise during the night and whenever i tried to tell him to stop killing himself he would call be a hypocrite. Eventually it became the focus of all of our conversations and he became depressed (i was already being treated for depression). We were just dragging each other to an early grave it wasnt healthy xHealth Question & Answer
I had a boyfriend who has Asperger's Syndrome like me, but we couldn't work it out and ended up having huge arguments all the time that were really damaging for the both of us. I've known him my whole life and we're still friends but we're much more distant these days.
I don't have much experience with BPD, but I've had a friend with Bipolar and there's no way I'd be able to have a relationship with him! It would be traumatic in the least.Health Question & Answer
I don't have much experience with BPD, but I've had a friend with Bipolar and there's no way I'd be able to have a relationship with him! It would be traumatic in the least.Health Question & Answer
I had a boyfriend once that suffered from different but equally traumatizing early childhood experiences and whose teenage years were just a continuation of that just like mine. We decided it was better to be just friends. We still are, almost like family now. Been 17 years.Health Question & Answer
Well, I 'm gonna say it won't work..Living with someone who is bi-polar isn't easy! however, since you both have it and understand it, then it may help you to look over some of the things they are doing..I don't know. Im bi-polar but my husband isn't. I would hate to have two of me in this house!!Health Question & Answer
Sometimes this can be a good thing to happen, sometimes bad, but if i was forgetful (As i am) and my girlfriend was, then we would not really make good couples in futuremisinterprette questions then argue..Health Question & Answer
no, but i think it would be good because you can understand each other.Health Question & Answer
NopeHealth Question & Answer