Many people always have doubts about their bipolar partners. Love does not discriminate. In relationships, you and your partner should become one. Every relationship has their difficulties. People with bipolar disorders may be hard to love but it does not make them unlovable. Meaning that sometimes they may be depressed or experience mania, but they are still the same person at heart. At some point, they may lose their true self, because of their mental illness taking control. Even if they are not their selves at that moment does not mean they stopped loving you, so you should not stop loving them when they can’t control their disorder. I believe bipolar people are capable of the same love everyone else receives. Sometimes they have trouble …show more content…
It says how the disorder affects their parents, siblings, friends, and co-workers. In the article, it mentions “One of the realities for the loved ones is they begin to understand that they cannot expect the person to always be consistent; they know the mood and behavior can significantly change” (Meyers). This quote means their loved ones start to understand what the person affected by the disorder goes through and they how to deal with them. It takes children a little while longer to understand what is going on and how they are supposed to deal with it. Meyer says, “The situation is often the most difficult for the loved ones who live in the same house as the person with Bipolar Disorder.” By this he means living with the person with this disorder can often be difficult because you never know what stages they are dealing with. During the manic cycle, sometimes their partner is not able to sleep for at least two or three days which may interrupt their partner sleep because of their constant moment or get up to go to the restaurant. “Overall, loving someone with Bipolar Disorder creates fear and anxiety in the loved ones”(Meyers). What Meyers is trying to say in this quote is that loving someone with this disorder will cause their partner to be afraid that their relationship will not work, or it will always have a