Dating And Marrying A Mentally Ill Person.

Speaking purely to the non-mentally ill people on these boards, Would you ever consider dating a mentally ill person? What about someone who is bi-polar? What about someone with well-controlled schizophrenia? And what about those two groups, but in this case actually marrying them, if they were stable, and you fell in love with them?

I will be interested in reading your replies.

 

I guess it would depend on the illness really!

You can marry someone that becomes mentally ill, if you love them, you look after them.. yes you would!

Only time I would say no, is when violence is part of that illness, then no!

Not for any amount of love is that worth it!

 

Been fucked in the head since I took me first spill trying to walk. Had a missus for 15 years.

 

most men in the world have done this

 

It depends on the details. Bi polar for instance could be bearable, especially if you fall in love with them of course! The thing is when looking for a partner people (including me) at first exclude such kind of people automatically. It's not what I'm looking for (at first instance). But never say never. Maybe my 'soul mate' happens to be bi polar, I wouldn't just refuse to try being with someone like that only because of that diagnosis!

I take it you mean heterosexual men?

 

Like a lot of illnesses, you can't always tell by looks..

That's what makes you fall in love!

That's what will make it work.....

NOW! Get the fuck off this forum and makE MY FUcKin FOOd!

You lazy god damn mother fucker!

Sorry, the crazy lady took me over!

 

No Surprises Here Folks......



Cheers Glen.

 

Which members are those?

 

Exactly.

 

If they had their symptoms under control, yes, if they didn't, no.

 

My first wife was schizophrenic; I didn't really know what that was, she seemed ok to me. Had her first psychotic episode a couple of years later; scared the crap out of me. Had the second episode when we were getting divorced (I divorced her because of who she was when she wasn't in her illness, not who she was when she was psychotic).

She married her psychiatrist (the second one), now he's dead, and she's the crazy lady in a small town who has alienated everyone in the area.

We had one son while married (with the blessing of her first psychiatrist). After divorcing, our boy witnessed a few of her episodes and it tore him up inside. She was verbally abusive to him and at a young age he didn't understand why his mom would be mean that way.

Mental illness can be a terrible thing to live with for the afflicted and those close to them.

Approach with caution.