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I'm the mentally ill half of my marriage (bipolar disorder). Here's my take -- severe mental illness is horrible, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. But -- it isn't an excuse to behave like a child or bail on responsibilities or treat loved ones poorly. You have to be an adult and manage your illness as best as possible in order to minimize the effects on others, which, if DBT is recommended and he doesn't do it, well -- then he doesn't appear to be doing his best to manage his illness. To me? That's unacceptable. So I do not recommend that you "just accept this." Maybe you need to insist on therapy with a real threat of losing his family on the line. But you need to be able to back that up. You need to not put up with the poor behavior. [/quote]

+1  I also have severe anxiety and depression but I do everything recommended to keep it under control and live a normal life. Besides therapy and medication, I also do other things to help, like meditation, acupuncture, self-hypnosis, light therapy, etc. While I do occasionally spiral downward and get extremely sad with crying bouts, I would never treat my significant other the way you describe.[/quote]

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