Had anyone else ever dated someone that had anger problems or bipolar disorder or mental illness?

[Walamagicc]

How did it go for you?

[Iron_Man]

I had a friend that was like that we weren’t friends very long he was too unstable sooner or later we would’ve got into a fist fight

[Walamagicc]

Hey I’m sorry you had to deal with that! Recently, I dated this guy I met on a dating app. I remember him telling me he had Bipolar Depression when we first started talking and one of the hardest things about dating him was that, his mood swings were really bad. He was really sweet to me and nice, he did buy me some materialistic stuff here and there were other times he would call me stupid? It was basically like walking over eggshells.

Well, One day he would be all happy and affectionate then the next, I would hug him and kiss on him and he would push me away. He was hot and cold with me in other words. What really made me decide to end it was he told me he loves me and then he just didn’t talk to me for the next few day? It’s like a light switch went off with him or something because there was no argument to make him want to do that. In other words, I realized that he’s just too much for me and that I just couldn’t take it anymore. I broke up with him bc he was too mentally unstable to form a relationship with me.

[Walamagicc]

I mean he didn’t talk to me for 3 days**

[Iron_Man]

I’m sorry to hear that this guy was so wild I met the guy at a Starbucks he just walked up to me one day and started talking I think we lasted about maybe nine months the friendship he was in and out of many mental institutions with all kinds of bipolar schizophrenia and the guys very sarcastic and was always trying to get me in trouble with people on the street with others making comments. I felt sorry for the guy so basically I would just try to help him out as a friend but he became too much and got on my nerves all the time

[Walamagicc]

YES! That’s exactly how I felt in my relationship. We only dated for 2 months before I ended it. He was just Wayy too much too soon. What really sucks is I tried my best to be understanding and supportive but I just couldn’t do it. He was just extremely emotional and it just got so annoying very fast. I know it isn’t his fault he has a mental disorder but if you know you have a mental problem, you should try to get medication for it/help. Realistically, nobody is going to want to date someone with problems. It’s hurtful and conflicting for the other person to not “trigger” them.

[Walamagicc]

How did you stop becoming his friend? Did you tell him how you felt or just kind of ghosted/stop talking to him?

[Iron_Man]

I’m a straight guy just to let you know he was just a friend. Eventually he got the point and it faded out.

[iJokeTeeth]

Yeah, twice now. First girl it didn't work out, she refused to take meds and just let her issues consume her. Second girl was a lot better, she just turned really bitter in the end.

[Walamagicc]

Did you break up with second chick or y’all still going?

[iJokeTeeth]

Nah it's over, she just eventually devolved into "leave if you don't like me then" over every tiny little argument regardless of who caused it; so I left

[Walamagicc]

It’s okay! There was nothing you can really do for her anyway. She was just going to have you walking over eggshells and eventually the relationship would become toxic.

I broke up with this guy like a month ago. He did inform me when we first started talking he had Bipolar depression? I have never heard of it before until I looked it up. Well I did ironically like him a lot and he liked me too but man, he was just too emotional to deal with. One second he would tell me how I’m so special and how beautiful I am and the next, he would push me away. I also noticed that he would just get really sad or extremely happy out of nowhere. I know it isn’t his fault but it was annoying.

What really made me break it off was one day he said he loves me and then he ghosted me for 3 days and no we didn’t have an argument. His hot and cold behavior just became too much for me and he really wasn’t offering much to me but a headache and when I broke up with him, he was cold also so it made it even easier to move on and I also deleted him off of social media. He was crazy :/

[iJokeTeeth]

Wow, talk about hot and cold; you totally made the right call

[Walamagicc]

I believe I made the right decision also. I mean, yea I did have strong feelings for him but after dealing with a previous ex with anger issues, I knew if I continued to date him and let him blow hot/cold it would hurt me even more in the longer run and most of the time, people like that end up becoming violent. But yea he was manipulative and not even realizing it. He just had to go, man I’m not dealing with that shit

[Blaine999]

I can't answer that, no one has dated me 😅

[Andres77]

My ex wife.