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Falling for someone while on a relationship ?

Postby LikeOnHiatus » Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:19 am

Hello all!

I've "recently" been diagnosed with BPD (it as been 3 months now) and i feel like it helps me understand the way i think and act a lot better. For the first time in my life, i dont feel like im "weird" ! Or at least not as much as before...

But there is something that keeps me awake at night these days ; is it possible that the BPD is making me "fall in love" with other people very easily? EVEN if im already in a relationship ?

Dont get me wrong, i do not cheat on my partner ! But now that im diagnosed i can clearly see a patern in all my love life. I usually fall HARD in love with someone and with time i get kind of "bored". I know it seams very mean and rude but its something i cannot control. And right now im in a very healthy realtionship with a guy that helps me everyday ! It has been 3 years, a miracle for me.
But ive started a new job, and there is this one guy... I wouldnt say i've fallen already, but i'm already attracted to him. I do not wish to end my relationship because im pretty sure all those feeling will pass and all.. But i feel very conflicted none the least.

So, long story short : is it possible this is because of the BPD?

Also, i dont know if it is important or not but i am asexual. So when this happen it is very emontions based.

(I am very sorry if my sentences feel a bit weird, english is not my native language !)
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Re: Falling for someone while on a relationship ?

Postby nervoustiger » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:34 pm

Im not a BPD, but my ex was and see fell in love with me while being in a 3 year relationship. She cheated on him with me, then through him away like a piece of trash. It seems that yes, it can be a thing with BPD. Most BPD's I've met or stories Ive read are notorious for falling for others while being in a relationship. Its so wrong as the damage she did to her ex and me seems at times impossible to get over.
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Re: Falling for someone while on a relationship ?

Postby kah80 » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:10 pm

I am married and I have a pattern of doing this.

I found out in my case it's limerence. Look it up if you haven't heard it.

I think that people with BPD are more suspectible to limerence. They have many of the same causes.
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Re: Falling for someone while on a relationship ?

Postby Thelittleone » Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:19 pm

I know what you mean... I'm newly diagnosed with mixed PD (BPD being in that wonderful mix :roll: )

I'm in a four year relationsship with an amazing guy who loves me and does everything to help me. I love him, I do, but I get attracted to other people (Since i'm bi, this being both men and women...). And with attracted I mean both physically and emotionally... I imagine my life with these other people, and suddenly that seems so much more right. I really can't control it. I've never cheated, and I don't want to either, but my head is somewhat always convincing me that the grass is greener on the other side, and that another person would be more "right" for me....
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Re: Falling for someone while on a relationship ?

Postby madjoe » Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:05 pm

is it an open relationship?
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