A thread got me thinking about having a partner.
I don’t even really know if I am straight gay or whatever different variants exist currently.
As someone who has mental health issues, do you think dating websites will be any use?
Eventually you will have to tell the person, but I have lost contact with people I have told before.
Does anyone in a relationship have any advice. The internet is really my only option as I don’t go out other than for working.
i know a site, it’s called schizophrenia.com 
good luck
it’s really is difficult to have partner while ur a sz…lots of negative symptoms are killing me…a no no for me…but u can go ahead would like to motivate u…!!!
Just post a honest profile, no need to put medical stuff on it, and start e mailing cause most women get a lot of responses, a well thought out response is a good idea, something that stands out from all the short bad ones she will get.
I met my husband on Match.com. I don’t go out and I’m not social so it was a good way for me to meet people from a safe distance. We emailed for a few months before we talked on the phone (only a few times because I hate talking on the phone) We met in person already knowing something about each other.
I wasn’t diagnosed sz yet, but had other diagnosis that I had no intention of sharing until it would just be a part of me and not the headliner.
We met 9 years ago and married three years ago. He already cared about ME when I told him what I deal with, but he experienced some of my more interesting ideas and extremes and hung in there.
Good luck. Be yourself, not your diagnosis.
I’m in a relationship. We’re getting married this year.
I’m going to play devil’s advocate though. You said you don’t go out except for work, maybe you need to work on that before getting into a relationship because a big part of the start of a relationship is going out and being social.
You’re going to have to go out on a lot of dates with a few different girls/boys and you will eventually have to meet friends and family. And you need to be prepared for that.
I don’t want to put you off but I think it’s something you need to think about.
I think I would start getting out by something safe like a nami meeting or church group. But that’s just me.
I wouldn’t use that site… I think it’s for people who need support and stuff. could get banned.
OKcupid is cool though. I’ve been using that for a few years. 
not much conversations though… 
yeah, I realized that sometimes revealing all information is usually not too cool. a good man’s profile should probably highlight all the good things about him.
but because of the emailing thing and competition, I rarely use dating sites. I’m trying to wean off of OKcupid and focus more on dreams, for now at least.
that’s a good way to start going out and making friends. but I’m the type of dude who’s not good at making friends or socializing in those kinds of open environments. think it’s my MI.
some people don’t think good of a man who goes to nami meetings or church groups, for finding a partner. and some people are hesitant in real-life environments, and find virtual environments a lot more comfortable and safe.
You could try a dating app called “bumble”. I think @daydreamer tried it, he might be able able give more info.
bumble didnt work properly for me for some reason
sorry @sirBoring i dont want to be banned. i want to add that i tried internationalcupid.com and also local sites from my country. and that was before i have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. only bad luck i guess but from now on i will at least be more seriosly than before. i will try, maybe i will have good luck, who knows
I have no desire to date or be intimate with anyone. Nada. Zero. I wish you the best though. I know it can get lonely.
I met my boyfriend on oasis active.
We met couple or few months ago.
I told him about schizophrenia when we were writing to each other.
He did not have money to visit me and we lived in different states so I actually paid him money for petrol so he drove all the way for days of driving to meet me.
Was amazing and great to meet him.
I would normally not give money to someone I’ve not met but had a good feel about him that he would not run off with money but would actually come which he did.
After only four days we had pretty much decided I’m moving in with him.
We booked flight for me to fly to his state and that’s where I am now.
We were apart for a month or so before reuniting again.
Was awesome!
Is awesome!
But a few days after i arrived we had been having great kisses best i ever had and then I felt a jealous furious spirit in my body who did not want us be together n others too wanting to seperate us and then we stopped kissing etc after that.
Then had coldsore and we have not been intimate or getting in to it but still peck kisses and heis so good to me.so thoughtful,considering,sweet supportive etc
After I felt that spirit n there were fired etc I went almost psychotic and cried cause also im mute and not liked by people etc
Was feeling confused overwhelmed fragile delicate n he told me to go to bed n felt better then.
He gets pain that keeps him up all night many nights which could contribute to not kissing etc as we did back when i arrived n etc
He is best boyfriend I ever had and I hope to be beyond death n rest of lives with him.
Hope it’s mutual but he behaves very nice to me but I feel like bad girl friend for falling asleep when he can’t sleep and not helping him when he is in pain but just sleeping.
I felt his rum stopped being with my rum which is relevant.
It stopped perhaps afters had a delusion that he spiritually proposed to me.
After that his spirit was not with me and I thought he was with other woman in tim n spirit yet his body was with me n so nice.
Also that his friends and family may not be keen on me and rather him be with his x or someone they like n that is t mute like me most of time.
I adore him .
He is beyond awesome and best boyfriend ever.
Yes I think Internet dating can be great.
Wish you well with it.hope you meet someone good to n for you.
Match.com no one wrote to me despite me being paying member.
Plenty of fish n oasis active people wrote to me.
sometimes I wish I was like that too. my desires put me in deep poop sometimes.
someone actually recommended that I take meds to control my desire, when I was seeking advice for self-restraint. Turns out that I value the desire a lot more than it hurts me. I think most men grow a strong passion within them, and they can find a way to cleverly use that passion in many productive and creative ways. I use that passion for poetry and self-motivation, but I didn’t channel my desire into those pathways overnight because the desire is like a fire.
having no intimate passion or desire is quite cool too. I’m sure it has advantages and disadvantages as well. in fact, an advantage would probably be not being swayed by a person’s looks; as that is quite a challenge for me that could get me in deep poop.
I want to meet the lady at least once in future that I love but said sorry because of paranoid, at that time I didn’t know what schizophrenia is. Let see what God help me?
Since you’re not sure of your sexual orientation, why not start by making friends? Try not4dating.com This site often leads to dating.
Never in a million years would’ve I ever thought I’d get in a relationship but somehow I’m in one girl moved in with me at my parents house. She is very supportive she does the best she can to help me even though at times I know she gets frustrated cause I’m so negative like I just don’t put effort in it cause all these voices just change my feeling emotions I don’t really talk but when I do it’s just about the same thing why I can’t do things in public why I can’t do normal things. If she or he really loves you like this girl I have they will stick to your side no matter what I’m very thankful to have her because sometimes I get lonely and she can talk for days I love to listen even if these voices get in the way and I just have no response. At first you get annoyed of them always talking and being so open minded but with time it gets better you’ll have your ups and downs but in the end if there is love thats all that matter. I can’t say I love her because these voices always changing my feelings but the way she shows me love gives me some type of life to stay positive so yeah you should definitely try and date and if it doesn’t work out there is always another one the right one will come to you if you give yourself some chance to let it happen scary at first but in the end you’ll love it and never look back. Wish you the best my friend 
Try Chappy, I have heard great things about it