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My life partner has Bipolar ii

Unknown userMember04 June 2018, 9:55 pm AEST

My life partner has Bipolar ii

I unapologetically care for my husband who after a long mental health crisis has been diagnosed with Bipolar ii + more.

It is a tough gig at times but I believe we can live well in spite of his diagnosis.

I understand that not all relationships can survive a diagnosis and this is no criticism or judgement on anyone but in this thread I would love to give to and receive encouragement from others who hold the same value I have, that is that I voluntarily chose to remain in union with my husband to the exclusion of others and to ride out the bumps of his mental illness.

Dubious humour is guaranteed.

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In response to: My life partner has Bipolar ii

DeterminedSenior Contributor19 Jan 2019, 6:47 pm AEDT

Re: My life partner has Bipolar ii

@Former-Member definatly more inclined to have visitors at our new location. It used to stress her out before as we were really cramped and cluttered. (I did not think so at the time but by comparison to now we were)

Re trying to fix things. I am definatly a work I progress there. Biggest problem is sometimes I pull back a little too far out of self preservation and this is then percieved as rejection or not caring.

Where I have come a long way is that I dont take it as l personally when I try and fix something and it does not work out how I would like. This used to really get me down feeling like I was doing something wrong but I can see past that now.