Dating someone with mental illness when you have schizophrenia yourself?

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Will it be a very bad thing to do if you have schizophrenia yourself?

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I think I could but I’m very functional and aware of my illness

I’ve gone into remission so a sz partner may be wise to date me when I get a year sober, since I can hear them out more than your neurotypical , but maybe I’m biased.

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I dont think its a bad idea. I look for people with mental health problems

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I think it depends on how functional you both are and what kind of MI the other person has.

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I think me and my SO are undiagnosed schizophrenics.
I could believe he’s just flat out schizophrenic, but me I lean more towards schizoaffective bipolar
we have a looooot of issues. but last night he got really upset with me, and it wasn’t handled the way it would have been 2-3 months ago and I’m really proud of him for that.
it takes a lot of work but I believe if 2 people want to be together bad enough, they will be. no matter how long it takes to figure everything out.

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It depends. Can work out, can be a mess. I wouldn’t mind, I don’t care, I take good care of myself and others.

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I’m diagnosed with schizophrenia, and my husband has major depression and anxiety. We’re both on meds, and they’re working pretty well, so our lives are fairly “normal”. We have our oddities, but overall we look like (and are) a happy married couple. He knew about my SZ when we started dating, and when I was having my bad episode, he helped me through it amazingly. I think people with MI tend to be more supportive of each other, because even if we don’t have the same symptoms, we can get an idea of what the other person is going through.

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The only relationship I had that lasted long was with a woman with OCD. She and I started talking because she mentioned mental health awareness. It actually worked fairly well, but I was drinking at the time, which sort of makes me happy regardless of all other variables. I would say yes, she understood my soft sides and I understood hers…because we both knew what the pain we had felt was like…man we had fun.

I just had to change lifestyles and go straight and narrow. It was a normal young adult relationship to be honest. I just have to remark on how she did not seem to think I was dangerous and insane, no, she did not hold that stigma.

I guess that much is certain.

I’ve had casual flings with other people, a fair proportion of them had MI too.

and I am bisexual…so…guys and girls…