My characteristics won’t let me have a family, I’m afraid that my sons would have my illnesses too. What about you?
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I believe I have a wife waiting for me but I was so manic when I last talked to this female she now refuses to talk to me. What do you call a delusion that you intensely believe as fact and will not go away. Because I have a few. There are things I adamantly believe as fact and no one can tell me otherwise but I cannot prove them.
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I’m married and have a kid. I worry about passing it along, but I’m the first in my family with sz so I’m not super worried.
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It’s not your fault if you pass it along anyway. The best thing we can all do is remain positive
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I am divorced for the last 32 years. I have been single ever since. And I intend to remain single all of my life.
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Maybe adopt? Of course my grandpa had sz, he was adopted. He passed it to me. At least you could help your kid if they had it. You could warn them in their 20’s. Being a parent changes your will to really try to stay sane. It’s good.
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Well, you’re still really young.
As for me I really have no idea.
I’m nearing 40. I have zero prospects. I don’t own a car, I’m overweight and I smoke.
I am unsure if I have many desirable qualities.
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Probably but with a lot of friends😘
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i think i ll have family but not now
may be later
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Bad boy for life …!!! Single forever…!!! Never intent to have a girlfriend…!!
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I’m 59, and I’ve never been married. I’ve been in only one long term relationship. Alcoholism and schizophrenia got in the way of me having a family.
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Sounds like me in a nutshell!
I’ve recently gotten back into the dating game after years of inactivity. I don’t believe in finding ‘the one’, but I’m hoping to meet a nice person to share my thoughts with.
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And you will find a nice person to share your thoughts with 
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I think it’s safe to say that’s a realistic expectation.
Best wishes to ya on your journey into dating. 
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I always thought that. Had a girlfriend when I was 14 but had problems even back then. Didn’t get diagnosed till 29. Got on meds and got rid of some serious paranoia and got married when I was 32. Didn’t last but gawd that was worth it! Long story.
Don’t give up hope. If your young hang in there…never say never!
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You read. I think you underestimate how good a quality that is
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I am afraid of both the genetics and the environment any kids I would have had lived in. I knew for a long time that I was likely to end up in the inner city and of course that’s where I ended up when my Mom’s aging became enough of a concern to me. Since I moved here I have heard gunfire on at least half a dozen occasions, heard stories of children of the locals going to jail, worsening local schools, watched businesses in the area move further out from where I live, and watched as people tried to live in houses that have been around since my Grandfather’s family members lived in them and moved elsewhere. Very few new buildings have been built in the past several decades here. I will have to say that not everyone here is hopeless and some kids make it out of here but they are the exceptions rather than the rules, and average to subaverage kids don’t stand a chance.
I think if you have children with someone without MI the risk is %10.
Idk about me. Maybe I can work part time, but I doubt that’s good enough. There’s a chance, but it’s like in Dumb and Dumber where the girl gives him ridiculous odds and he says “So your saying theres a chance!”
I’m not a functional adult. There’s only so many non neurotypical women in this area and there’s no guarantee they’re willing to put up with that.
If you want to be realistic about how you’ll do with a woman in the long-term check out how her elderly female relatives look. If you can’t handle it don’t expect the relationship to last.
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I think this is a responsible approach but I don’t know what others think about it.
My romantic life is one area I always excelled at. God knows why but I’ve had great luck there.
I had one child before I was diagnosed and no desire to have another. I’m done with that part of my life.