Should the mentally ill date each other? (16)

8 Name: Secret Admirer : 2008-05-02 19:07 ID:7nOk1AD+

My girlfriend is diagnosed Bipolar, on medication for it, and one of the most mature, stable people I know;

I love her deeply, and wouldn't have her any other way, frankly...

I wasn't even aware of her medication or being Bipolar when I first met her, and when she later told me she admittedly had some "flaws", and explained it to me, I didn't care at all; As I told her, it was her I fell in love with, not her condition, or any so-called flaws!

Too many people attach this horrible automatic stigma to someone diagnosed Bipolar, or any other sort of mental disorder, and the minute a person even says they're diagnosed with it, they're treated as though they have some contagious disease, or are an axe-wielding maniac from a slasher flick...

It's entirely not the case at all, and when properly treated, such medical conditions should be viewed as nothing more than having a weak heart, or back problems; I actually just helped her create a project (Which earned a 100% score for the amount of work put into it) for one of her college classes describing mental disorders, Bipolar disorder in particular, and the symptoms & treatments related to it, to help people better understand it, and people were very amazed at how different it is than people's common opinions on things like this...

I can say to everyone here, don't ever think that someone isn't a wonderful, a loving, and simply a normal person, just because they have a mental disorder; Just as a person can have severe asthma, or perhaps a synthetic leg, or somesuch, that doesn't make them less of a person; Oftentimes, it's people like that who have the most beautiful personalities, having seen and endured people who were harsh on them for their conditions, and learned to be far more kind and loving as a result!

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