Have you ever dated someone with a mental illness?

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Have you dated/ married someone with a mental illness? What's your story? Mental Illness Example- schizophrenia, bipolar, depression etc.

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I suffer with Bipolar disorder...my bf has stuck by my side no matter what

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I have a mental illness and am dating someone who doesn't. Everyone's different. Gotta love who you are and always love who you're with

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I think everyone has some sort of disorder no one is perfect and we all have out issues, if we all got checked out for our mental health i believe we would all have some diagnosis

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I have NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder)

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My first love had some major issues, he was deemed legally insane and is hospitalised. He thought he was Peter pan at one point, got on the news a few times for making an "art installation" in a college that they thought was a bomb and stealing a school bus and trying to drive to Detroit to become a "famous rapper" he dumped me after 3 years because we had sex and I was a demon. Very sheltered religious family. I got pregnant from my next boyfriend and my first saw me and instantly called me mother Mary because I was a "virgin" and he was Jesus. Very scary, sad and hard time in my life. I have my own list of diagnosis but not compared to him.

I work with the mentally ill now.

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My high school love was bi-polar. He was open about it with me. I loved him for him. Our colleges were 7 hours apart and I couldn't handle a long distance relationship. I still miss him time to time and wonder what happened to him.

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I'm bipolar and I have major depression and can't afford medication and my boyfriend has dealt with me for 3 years bless his heart haha.

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I'm not sure if he truly was bipolar or just seeking attention but i dated this guy for 2 months. He was always angry about something or he'd get sad all of sudden while we're having fun and then put me down. He claimed he was the type of depressed person who....
*claimed he'd hurt himself or someone when we had an issue in our relationship. 
*claimed he'd starve himself when something went wrong in the relationship.

By me talking to a male or hugging my guy friend he'd feel hurt. If I smiled at someone, he'd feel some type of way, if I made funny faces at someone, he'd feel betrayed, if I was laughing with someone else, he'd get angry. I literally couldn't do nothing without it being a problem. He'd get so angry but all of sudden..he's smiling and laughing.  He also always felt challenged by males and females. If rhey looked at me in a way he felt was wrong..RAAAA!! Rhey waived at me...RAAAAAA!!!! If they asked me how I was doing..RAAAABDHSHDVSUDBRHE!!!!!!!! - He was also a compulsive liar. He swore upon his God and his mother that he'd never do this and that but he did and he kept up with it even after being exposed. He would over exaggerate himself to get pity or to "win" me back somehow by playing "I'm heart broken and I feel like shit" card over and over again.

The days leading up to our break up, he was an emotional wreck; at times being happy (or so it seems) and then the moments he would  break down in tears out of the blue. It was just to stressful dealing with his lies and all over the place emotions.

I don't mind being with an emotional guy but his was just to extreme.

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Yes disassociate identity disorder.. DID for short.. He had between 13-17 identities-personalities.. But had 4 main ones plus him himself made 5.. I " met" a couple of them.. It was awkward we were together for a couple years.. I'm bi polar myself so lol we got along great..

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Yes. He has bipolar depression. He was such a sweet guy In the beginning but one minute he would be happy the next, silent and upset. He told me about it half way threw our relationship but since my uncle is bipolar I started seeing it with the mood swings right away. 
On halloween my friend and I wanted to go bowling with mutual friends of my ex so we met up at the alley. He wouldnt get out of his truck an kind of pouted. Than out of nowhere as we sat in my friends car(wondering what we should do) he was at my friends window leaned in for a hug and bit her on the neck?! Than nothing said he walked back to his truck and sat starring straight?? I was not mad about it but extremely weirded out. Odd.
 Than the following weekend he went off on a mutual friend as we were leaving to go back to his house. My ex was in the wrong so I told him "im just going to call it an early night-felt uncomfortable". On the drive home I stopped at the bowling alley(that damn alley lol) because I wanted to make sure our friend was ok than I was leaving. Well I didnt make it out of my car without my ex blocking me in. Cars parked on both sides and in front. I was so freaked out (I laugh at this now) but for some reason I put my car seat in the lay position. Bad judgment there.  He knocked 3x's on the window and I was so scared I rolled it down a smidge. It was then that I realized I couldn't be with him. To many weird situations were I was uncomfortable and my heart would race. 
He told me he was going to kill himself(jump off the train bridge onto traffic) but it came off to be manipulative. I still told his mom and hes alive today.
Not a good experience for me but that can happen with anyone. My uncle is bipolar an he has a stable life, wife, and 3 children.

Have you ever dated someone with a mental illness?

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