Would you date someone with a "mental condition"?

[Peaches-n-Cream]

I feel compassion for people with mental illness. I have a cousin who is schizophrenic and has been since college. It has really limited his life. It took years to get his illness under control. When he went on medication, he became phyically ill to the point where he had to go off his meds which made the voices and delusions come back. It was a terrible cycle. He is doing really well now since he had his spleen removed and his meds adjusted. He works and has a girlfriend and lives in a place with other people with his condition.

I know plenty of people who have had problems such as eating disorders, generalized anxiety, depression. The great thing is there is help out there from psychiatrists, psychologists, and medicine. There is no shame in getting help especially when suffering these illnesses cause can be alleviated with a prescription.