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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even with only two people it would be pretty likely that one of you will experience some form of mental illness over the course of your lifetime.

In 2021 - there were 23% of the US population with a mental illness - 28% women and 18% of men. Lifetime prevalence is over 50% and increasing as more and more people ask for help and get diagnosed. We are getting pretty close to similar numbers for physical health conditions.

Mental illness isn't always life long or present to the same degree. Life stresses can exacerbate it or bring on an episode. You aren't going to be able to rule out pre marriage that there won't be a mental or physical illness that begins after marriage. And one that is mild and well controlled with minimal functional impact pre marriage could become far far worse later in life.

Humans simply aren't always physically and mentally healthy. Genetics, childhoods, environments, life stressors, and just no real reason at all....people get sick. Acutely and chronically.[/quote]

Having an acute episode of depression or anxiety from an event (family death, post pregnancy, lay offs, health scare) is very different from the chronic pattern of symptoms from a try mental disorder like ASD, Borderline, bipolar, schizophrenia, or even untreated ADHD.

So general stats encompassing acute and chronic aren’t helpful here.

Spend enough time with someone with a couple chronic mental disorders and you’ll think you’re going crazy, unless you know the symptoms, patterns, and disorder traits yourself.

Many seek therapy and via talking about the patterns come to suspect they are a frog in boiling water in bed with a very disordered individual. [/quote]

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