If yes, can that ever work out? What would be the ups of that relationship? And what would be the downs? Are you close to someone who ever been in such a relationship?
Can a bipolar person and an Asperger person be a couple?
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Wait until the House/Maggie Lockhart crossover this fall on Fox!
I have Asperger's Syndrome.
And actually, when I was getting treated for depression, I was more friendly with the bipolar girl than a lot of people (she seemed to like me, oddly enough). Asperger's people can sometimes be more likely to connect to people outside of the box.
And actually, when I was getting treated for depression, I was more friendly with the bipolar girl than a lot of people (she seemed to like me, oddly enough). Asperger's people can sometimes be more likely to connect to people outside of the box.
I thought this was going about a new situational sitcom.
I thought it was about the upcoming film Adam. Though I don't know if Rose Byrne's character is bipolar or not.
I have Aspergers & I dont think I could. I like routine & am adverse to changes, & I think bipolars can be a bit unpredictable...
Not necessarily.
I am mildly Aspgerger's-ish and my wife is bipolar (among other things) and we get along okay.
Too true
Well, in my parents' defense, they were completely unaware it existed for my entire childhood and were completely confused with my social problems (at one point I had begun completely isolating myself in my room and had no friends at all--and was terribly teased at school because of the obsessive and inability-to-read-social-cues parts of my disorder).
I wasn't diagnosed until I was 14 years old (2001) and I didn't even find out about it until I was 15 (2002). Although I did exhibit behavioral signs as a small child which my parents wrote off as being the result of an only child until it got seriously bad--like 'suicidal drop-out with no self-esteem' bad--to the point where I was put in an abusive tough love rehab in Mexico for 10 months called Casa By The Sea where I literally learned how to deal with people from scratch. When I got there, I'd cry if you touched my hair. That's how messed up I was. I was so distraught, the girls had to wash my hair in the shower for me. Unfortunately, there were some serious downsides to that place (they were shut down for abuse by the federali in 2004). I ended up getting pulled because I was getting tons of infections from poor health standards and because my parents got fed up with the brainwashing/seminars aspect of the program.
But one thing that did come of it was the ability to handle my Asperger's better (controlling myself in conversations--though it's still decidedly obvious what I have) and grow a very thick skin (though I can be accused of lacking social empathy in the 'real world', though I am a very emotional person with things I care about). I also went from being extremely naive and sheltered to knowing probably too much (most of the people there were there for everything from drug and sex addictions to eating disorders and people who had spent time in juvy... and even an Amish girl who had worn pants! We're talking the kind of teenagers who have had their teeth--the girl had dentures--and the inside of their noses rotted away by cocaine.). The other bonus was that I got so ahead in school that I was a 12th grader when I was 15 and read a lot of books (Les Misérables, The Lord of the Rings, Frankenstein, etc...). I pretty much memorized the Geography and World History textbooks out of boredom. Think teenage gulag where you march around in lines, get supervised 24/7 without privacy and have to ask permission to sit, stand, talk or get escorted to the bathroom.
Believe me. My Asperger's diagnosis wasn't frivolous.
I wasn't diagnosed until I was 14 years old (2001) and I didn't even find out about it until I was 15 (2002). Although I did exhibit behavioral signs as a small child which my parents wrote off as being the result of an only child until it got seriously bad--like 'suicidal drop-out with no self-esteem' bad--to the point where I was put in an abusive tough love rehab in Mexico for 10 months called Casa By The Sea where I literally learned how to deal with people from scratch. When I got there, I'd cry if you touched my hair. That's how messed up I was. I was so distraught, the girls had to wash my hair in the shower for me. Unfortunately, there were some serious downsides to that place (they were shut down for abuse by the federali in 2004). I ended up getting pulled because I was getting tons of infections from poor health standards and because my parents got fed up with the brainwashing/seminars aspect of the program.
But one thing that did come of it was the ability to handle my Asperger's better (controlling myself in conversations--though it's still decidedly obvious what I have) and grow a very thick skin (though I can be accused of lacking social empathy in the 'real world', though I am a very emotional person with things I care about). I also went from being extremely naive and sheltered to knowing probably too much (most of the people there were there for everything from drug and sex addictions to eating disorders and people who had spent time in juvy... and even an Amish girl who had worn pants! We're talking the kind of teenagers who have had their teeth--the girl had dentures--and the inside of their noses rotted away by cocaine.). The other bonus was that I got so ahead in school that I was a 12th grader when I was 15 and read a lot of books (Les Misérables, The Lord of the Rings, Frankenstein, etc...). I pretty much memorized the Geography and World History textbooks out of boredom. Think teenage gulag where you march around in lines, get supervised 24/7 without privacy and have to ask permission to sit, stand, talk or get escorted to the bathroom.
Believe me. My Asperger's diagnosis wasn't frivolous.
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Well I do have Aspergers and nowadays most wouldn't think it but when I was diagnosed I was pretty much the image of what a person with Aspergers is supposed to be. Except I decided at some point that I didn't want to use my diagnosis as an excuse and have actively tried ever since to be more sociable. When my newest friend found out that I had Aspergers this last fall she was truly surprised and said that she honestly had no idea.
I do however have some traits left like the intense focusing on one subject. Thus I've been a pretty intense car guy for the last few years. And as always I'm very very intrested in film.
As for the matter at hand, it's really very personal. Everyone with Aspergers are different and have different preferences. I could probably be together with a bipolar girl seeing as I'm constantly drawn to energetic girls and I also have a big brother complex so I'd feel bad if I didn't take care of her during the down periods. My main problem with relationships is really that I don't quite have the confidence to believe that I can be attractive to a girl. Hence girl sense that lacking confidence and are turn off by it.
I do however have some traits left like the intense focusing on one subject. Thus I've been a pretty intense car guy for the last few years. And as always I'm very very intrested in film.
As for the matter at hand, it's really very personal. Everyone with Aspergers are different and have different preferences. I could probably be together with a bipolar girl seeing as I'm constantly drawn to energetic girls and I also have a big brother complex so I'd feel bad if I didn't take care of her during the down periods. My main problem with relationships is really that I don't quite have the confidence to believe that I can be attractive to a girl. Hence girl sense that lacking confidence and are turn off by it.
While Asperger's is rare, they also tend to congregate together on the Internet (fandoms that specialize in narrow topics are Aspie bait). That is why fandom messageboards will appear to have an absurdly high percentage of Aspies in numbers which are not indicative of the external population.
Or a new buddy cop show.
My fiancee is bipolar and she is usually predictable.
that or BigBrothers latest plot twist, in an attempt to cause conflict & ratings
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