So ive heard many mental illnesses can take until adulthood to be very noticable. I have dated my man for 8 years since he was 17, now at nearly 26 he seems to have developed mental illness. It has gotten more prevalent over the past couple years, but he has extreme highs and lows. He will go a couple days barely eating, sleeping a lot, drinking a lot and seeming not like himself at all. Its like everything he thinks is negative and sad, and he just broods over bad memories even ones from several years ago. Then he will have days were he is the exact opposite. He will draw, make music, workout, has a ton of energy, barley sleeps, and literally eats enough food for an entire family throughout the day. The days where he is “normal” and in between seem fewer and fewer. Me getting emotional about it only makes it worse, so ive started to seperate his mental illness from him, but it is hard. I love him a ton, so i want to learn how to be less emotional and upset with him about this so he can focus on getting help instead of how his illness is effecting our relationship. Has anyone else dealt with something similar?
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Please visit JW.Org for your concerns. Type in mental health, and information will come up and help you. There is information on how to deal with the mental illness of a loved one. I hope this helps you and your family.
Been there. People prayed for me for years & one day I just woke up completely delivered from mental illness. That was in February. Ask Jesus to guide you through this.
That's really bad luck for you. Coping with his mental illness is nothing compared to coping with the dirty mental health system. If he doesn't have money, he will be written off as hopeless and given the worst drugs. The doctors will think he's too stupid to figure it out.
If he has money, he can try suicide 10 times and he's still a precious mad genius, too beautiful for the world. He'll be given a light med regime even if he hits you.