Reply to Bipolar

Forum Index » Relationship Discussion (non-explicit)

Reply to "Bipolar "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is interesting. I have an std so I worry a lot more about telling potential partners about that than my bipolar. I had never even considered telling about the bipolar actually. I mean, is there a point in dating where we sit someone down and tell them every awful thing about ourselves?  Where do you draw the line?  In my case I don't think j would make a point of disclosing bipolar. I'm beyond childbearing so genetics are not an issue. I ghink I would just let things progress as they normally do and let him get to know me without putting a label on myself for him that may or may not have anything to do with my course of the disease. [/quote]

I think it works like this for any disclosure: you have a duty to disclose things which may impact the relationship.

I don't think you have a duty to disclose your STD or BP just to go on a few casual dates with someone - they don't need to know because they're at no risk of contracting it.

However, if you're having sex...then that changes...and with the BP, I think it matters if you're going to have a long-term relationship with them.  When a person makes themselves emotionally vulnerable to you, then they make themselves vulnerable to your mood swings and emotions.  This is absolutely no different than exposing their genitals to risk of an STD - no you can't catch BP, but you can certainly be emotionally injured by it.

I don't think the OP needs to tell "every awful thing about themselves" to partners - I certainly don't disclose "every awful thing" about me that I've ever done to my DW, but those are all things in the ancient past which are never ever going to come up again or affect her in any way.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics