I heard having a other half is very good for mental health in general.I feel happy when my GF is with me,feel more secure and content.
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I think it helps me because husband recognizes when I’m going downhill even before I do most of the time. So I can start abusing and taking more meds and changing my schedule to accommodate earlier instead of getting so stressed and symptomatic before it’s glaringly obvious.
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My partner still doesn’t know about my mental health issue.She is very understanding and caring I will tell her someday soon so she can be prepared
Good luck @Gtx1990 so happy you have a girlfriend now!
Remember to have some fun!
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You’d better show your good traits such as maintaining a stable job running the family business and have a normal behavior while on medication before you disclose your mental illness to her. It will be harder for her to reject you if you portray all your positive sides and get into a longer term relationship with her.
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My partner was with two years before I got sick. So she was there when it all came crashing down. We have been together for ten years she has been through psychosis, med changes and hospitalizations with me.
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I think there are two sides of the coin, here. Having a partner can help, but there’s no guarantee that it’ll last and a breakup could make the person worse.
I think it does help…
For me a good friend living further away and meeting me sometimes helps me more than having the stress of living together.
It gives you another reason to want to get better and not relapse.
My husband keeps me with in the boundaries of stability. He can be the difference between in control, and way out of control.
Sometimes he does things way out in left field that throw me off, but not long before he reels me back in.
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