Our partner
Open Discussions about how Mental Illness affects your life.
Moderator: Otter
*****PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING HERE*****
When posting on Psychforums.com please try to pick the forum you think best fits your post. If your post would fit in a specialized forum (there are more than 100 forums here) then please post there rather than in the "Living With Mental Illness" forum. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Moderators could move your thread without notice if they feel it is fitting better into another forum.
The Mod Team
by joeinlosangeles1 » Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:22 pm
There have been a lot of studies how people with mental illness are attracted to other who have mental illness.
I was wondering if someone whose parent is mentally ill tends to seek out partners/spouses who are mentally ill?
My mother had an undiagnosed mental illness that may have been schizophrenia and my spouse was diagnosed with bipolar disease.
I have searched and found no studies that looked at this connection, but it seems unlikely it has never been studied, so I may be doing a poor job of researching. I was wondering if anyone knows what the scientific literature says, or what your experiences are?
-
joeinlosangeles1
- Consumer 0

-
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:13 pm
- Local time: Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:57 pm
- Blog: View Blog (0)
by potatohead » Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:46 am
My brother has Asperger's Syndrome. My sister is psychotic. My dad has paranoid personality disorder, and my mom is narcissistic. I had a relationship with a guy in high school who was later diagnosed with some sort of mental illness and put in an institution. Later, I married a guy who was a narcissist. Then recently, I felt a fated attraction toward this guy at work who is a narcissist. Luckily, I can recognize the disorder now and I stayed away. I never seem to connect with people who aren't mentally ill. I don't have many friends, either. I have one good friend who isn't mentally ill herself, but just like me, everyone in her family is mentally ill.
-
potatohead
- Consumer 0

-
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:26 am
- Local time: Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:57 pm
- Blog: View Blog (0)
Return to Living With Mental Illness Forum
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests