Are many people here in happy, long-term relationships?

There is only one way to be in long-term relationship: You have to accept your partners illness. It will not pass, it will never be normal. He/She is sick and you can't blame him/her nor the illness.

Just like you can't blame someone for having cancer or a genetical disease maybe, this is what it is and you must accept it.

What you read here 100% true. It's hard. It's hard because you see the true beauty inside them. But they are sick and there is nothing you can do about it. Think this way, it's similar to being autistic. Therapy helps, medicine helps but an autistic still suffers and will do forever.

Happy and long-term relationship is of course possible. But, if only you are willing to.

If you want to touch someone's life and have the luxury to spend your life for a good cause, then go for it. Even some parents can not do it. But those are the ones who would abandon their disabled child.

For your own insanity, you may need to quit at some point. If you think that you will not feel guilty when you have to quit, then go for it.

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