Would you ever consider dating someone who has a mental illness history?
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Would you ever consider dating someone who has a mental illness history?
I would date a person who suffered a severe mental illness in the past if I like them, they like me, we are compatible, and we are both able to be understanding and accepting of each other’s strengths and weaknesses. People who have suffered severe mental illness are not in some way inherently different from other people. If they still have mental illness and that is not something you can or are willing to live with, you probably shouldn’t date them. If they only had it in the past but no longer, but you judge them for having it in the past, you probably shouldn’t date them. If you are willing to accept them for who they are, whether or not they have mental illness now, then you should date them.
Mental illness is chronic, there is only management, it can only be managed. I personally would date someone with an history but only with certain illnesses. I don’t think I could handle avoidant personalities. But I would probably with histrionic, narcissistic, or bi-polar. Of course this assumes that I enjoy the person. People with illness are still very much individuals. Also, experience means a lot in this arena. Finally, the individual would have to know and admit they have an illness and have a desire to manage it. There is no relationship with a mentally ill person who thinks they are not mentally ill. There is only a mentally ill person treating their partner like an object. A relationship in that dynamic is impossible.