My ex partner had borderline and I was completely ok with it. When I developed sz when we were living together they dropped me pretty quick though. It’s amazing how it doesn’t go both ways. I’ve never had a problem with dating the mentally ill, even when I wasn’t mentally ill myself, as I grew up around it and if you understand it its a lot easier to understand and be ok when someone is unstable.
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Now that I think about it, I do see a difference. I just don’t have a lot of close people in my life without some kind of diagnosis. Even acquaintances
I have thought about it and i want to take back what i said before. Someone having a MI or not would not make a difference. All men im only vaguely interested in turn out to have some mi anyway.
But in all cases - normie or not - I would check if their character fits with mine. E.g. if someone is very emotionally unpredictable that would turn me into a mess.
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I was married to someone who was crazier than me.
Not only was she mentally ill but she was also a person who did bad things like cheating and stealing.
Honestly I don’t think that a normie would hook up with me.
My negative symptoms are too intense.
I would definitely date another mi woman.
I’m sza depressive type and have been married for 15 1/2 years (together for 16 1/2 years) to my husband with Bipolar 2. We’ve always been very happy together. No regrets at all.
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If you look hard enough everyone on this planet has some sort of mental health problem. I dont like the word normal because normal is subjective and not constant.
I would definitely date someone who is mentally I’ll, and would hope that we have something in common and could understand each other better.
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My biggest criteria for dating is if they’re a good person. If someone is a good person and we have chemistry I’ll give them a chance.
I dated someone who’s bipolar and dated someone who’s schizoaffective and both were absolute disasters.
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My boyfriend has mental illness. We have been together for 5 years, and are still as head over heels about each other as when we met. Our illnesses affect us very differently, and although he is sensitive he is a very strong and resilient character. He does better than I do, and I know it’s really hard for him when I am unwell, but we have a very deep and strong bond. On the other hand, my ex husband did not suffer MI, but after 12 years of marriage sadly my illness took it’s toll and we divorced (very amicably). It was just too much for him, seeing me the way I was, I know he pulled away from me because it was too much to bear.
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I dated a girl that was bipolar back in the day before I came down with schizophrenia and to tell you the truth I never noticed anything out of whack with her she did take meds tho but she seem normal to me we dated for like a year and a half but yeah i would date someone with mi to answer the question
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Yes, I would. And I have. They were nice but they were way out of my league, lol. I’ve lived and worked with other schizophrenics and had friends who were schizophrenic and dated a woman with schizophrenia for some months. She was really sweet and really nice. And cute!
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Yes male or female.
I had a manic depressive boyfriend and I’ve had a schizophrenic boyfriend .
That said possibly no because there can be consents for ones safety if someone refuses medication and is violent and threatening.i have experienced it and I just really want a peaceful relationship where I do not fear being physically harmed or even yelled and sworn at.
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i used to thin k id like to date a normie…but now with moer wisdom I know id be suited a lot lot more to marrying a MI person…we’d have so much more in common…wed understand each other and id respect her
normies wouldn’t understand me
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My girlfriend has schizophrenia. We’ve been together for 7 years, and they’ve been the best years of my life.
We understand each other, so, if anything, her schizophrenia is a plus.
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I’ve never dated in my life, so I really don’t know how it works exactly. But honestly as long as the person is not that insane I’d give it a go. I would prefer it if they were high functioning though.
I end up less socially withdrawn with the mentally ill, so long as they’re not vicious. It could be that it would work out ok.
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I would. 
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My husband and I are both mentally ill, just in different ways
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My wife is bipolar. Worked out great.
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