UPDATE: My [F27] flatmate [F27] has told my boyfriend [M31] she's in love with him.

BUT learning to manage your condition isn't just about making yourself feel better, its about learning to coexist with it AND other people, which means being responsible for the part of your behaviour you can control.

This is so true. One way mental health professionals approach a case is the effect on the individual and those around them. A case study I ran into while I was training was regarding an elderly guy who collected every print of a local daily newspaper. A welfare check was performed, and although the guy was literally in a hoarded maze of thousands of newspapers, and he couldn't have the heating on in case of fires, they determined he was OK and of sound mind (he wore a big coat!). His behaviour wasn't really negatively effecting himself or others. Same as public nudity. In the street = bad. On a nudist beach = ok. One is a problem, one isn't. It's not just about the health and safety of the individual, but those around them.

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