Do you find that people distance themselves when they are faced with the reality of your illness for the first time? I have been doing well since meeting my boyfriend. We have been together for almost four years. I told him I had been in the hospital before for psychosis. If he has noticed me acting strange he hasn’t mentioned it. Lately It seems I am not doing as well and will need help soon. I worry how he will take it.
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It’s a crap shoot. Some people will stick by you and some will head for the hills. But if you’ve been together for 4 years then it sounds promising. I’m sure he’ll stick by you.
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the best thing to do is sit down with him a make a plan
when I was in the hospital I did this with Phil
what helps me to stay well
what you can do to help
where I go wrong and when I need you
what you’d like to see from me
ideas for coping
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Going through exactly the same thing right now. Don’t know what to tell you but if you’ve been together that long then you must have a strong foundation which is important. I’ve only been with my bf for 6 months so it makes things feel extra uncertain. I’m sure you will find a way. Try having a proper sit down heart to heart about what’s going in and how you’re feeling. Communication is key
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I’ve worried about this, too, especially after what happened with my ex-wife.
We had been together for nearly three years, though married only a few months, when I started becoming psychotic.
I had been healthy throughout our relationship until then. I had tried to warn her about how bad things could get, but I realize now that there was nothing I could have said that would prepare her for a full-on psychotic break.
It was the worst psychotic break I’ve ever had, and it did our brief marriage in.
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I am sorry that happened to you. This is a great fear that I have.
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My on and off girlfriend, (ex lover), is distancing herself from me after last month, when we were briefly engaged to be married. Now, she is very involved with a protestant church and doing all kinds of things with them, and of course, I’m not invited to come along. Never. I don’t follow her church’s belief system and besides, I’m not allowed, by my church, to go to her protestant church services.
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