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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a mid-40s guy who's been divorced for a year. I enjoy dating but not looking for anything serious. Most of the women I've met have just been casual dates but what stands out for me is that so many of them reveal that they're one of the three: bipolar, depressed, or anxious. And I mean clinically diagnosed and been prescribed meds and all that. These are women in their thirties and also forties. It's just so common it blows my mind. Needless to say, I haven't felt comfortable going forward with many of these women I've met. Just too much for me to process. I have plenty of guy friends who also mention that their wives or girlfriends are seeking therapy or taking meds to cope with some mental health diagnosis. But no guy I know has ever mentioned being depressed or anxious. I'm not saying these conditions don't ever affect men, but it just seems so common among women. Any ideas why? I'd like to meet someone eventually who won't go crazy on me. [/quote]

Are you sure you're not nuts? Like attracts like and all  :wink:

I do think its very odd to reveal such personal information about yourself on a casual date or at a first date. That said, I take anxiety medication stemming from a guy mugging and threatening to slit my throat. I'd hope if I were single and met someone to date down the line and eventually revealed this to him, he wouldn't mark me as crazy. But maybe its for the best to just let women know right off the bat you're not capable of empathy.

I do think men are less likely to admit to having ANY problem, so that might be why you don't run into guys speaking on their Prozac script.
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Does your anxiety medication actually help you? I understand feeling traumatized but how long will you need to be on these meds for? I am a woman too, in just you're wondering.  [/quote]

It does help. I was having problems with basic daily functioning in terms of being alone and now I don’t. I’m on a super low dose once daily now as I hope to eventually not need them. And frankly your question reads like you probably don’t understand trauma. If I could magically go back to not feeling this way I would have. [/quote]

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