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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is DCUM, but I’m appalled by all the answers about disclosing a serious mental illness early. While I get that from the dating side it is optimal to be able to know someone’s “baggage” early, your desire to know does not trump their privacy and right to protect themselves from the stigma attached to being diagnosed with many mental illnesses.

I think it should be discussed when people start discussing their other personal baggage - like exes, difficult families, finances. For many people this is closer to the 6-12 month range, as relationships get serious. You know when you are dating that it takes time to build trust to expose your flaws to the other person, and that they are also likely to expose their flaws once they trust you.

FWIW, my now DH took over a year to tell me h struggled with anxiety. While he managed it without mEds at the time, it is now much worse (9yre later) even though he takes medicine. I thought this was an appropriate time frame to tell me about it, and wasn’t that shocked, as at that point, he had shown some signs of anxiety.[/quote]

Depression and anxiety are quite a different animal than bipolar or schizophrenia. The seriousness of the mental illness has to be taken into consideration, it is a spectrum.[/quote]

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