How Does Bipolar Disorder Affect Relationships?
First, thank you all for sharing your experiences – I hope others find this as helpful as I’ve found your comments. My relationship of about a year with a bipolar person just ended. For the first 10 months or so, everything was wonderful – she was the most caring, loving person I’ve been with. I knew she had some past issues with abuse, etc. But it didnt phase me. I suffer from depression/anxiety, so I am very accepting of others problems. However, about 2 months ago, my ex totally pulled away from me. We used to be together every day, but since then we saw each other maybe 4 times. Briefly before this happened, she told me she was feeling depressed and also hinted at bipolar disorder – having depression myself, I dove into efforts to help her. We still talked/texted continuously, but our conversations would often end in fights. She also refused to show any emotion, even when I told her how much I loved her and how important she was to me….it only got worse. I decided to study the di
