Dating someone with a mental illness

[James]

I thought my post was clearer when I wrote it.

If someone is on medication and they treat you badly, they treat you badly.

If they go on and off treatment and they treat you ok when on it and they treat you badly when off it, then you have to make a judgement whether that is for you.

If they are being treated and behave wonderfully towards you this whole thread would be moot.

However, its not your responsibility to try to therapy them or make excuses for them when they are off treatment, its just your responsibility to assess how ok you are with the situation. If they are mean to you one day out of the year its no big deal, if its three days a week . . .

This applies more to a significant other situation because you are a lot more vulnerable emotionally to him/her. So if he/she is wildly unpredictable and hurtful you are in for a rough time.

I don't think anyone here likes emotional pain enough to court it.

And your last comment was unnecessasrily attacking to counter a point of view you simply disagree with.

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So, when you say it's not an issue of treatment v. not being treated, you are sadly mistaken. Every single person I've known who has had a close friend/significant other with a mental disorder that requires medicine says that being treated makes all the difference.

But, you tend to be wrong about most interpersonal relationships, so why should I expect anything more?

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