The Mental Health Marriage
With mental illness, the spouse often gets left with the burdens of the family, and is left very isolated. All the support can go to the spouse with the disorder, when we as the partner, need just as much love, understanding, and support. This podcast is my way of trying to provide a small piece of that, and to share each other's stories and offer helpful advice, support, and community.
The Mental Health Marriage
Falling in Love Again
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Spouse of Bipolar 2
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Season 1
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Episode 11
Dealing with a mental illness for the first time, or over the span of a long relationship can leave it's scars. Sometimes we wonder if our mentally ill spouse is even capable of loving us, or of being in a relationship at all. But re framing the whole idea of what it even means to be "in love" have helped me tremendously to get back those old lovey feelings I used to have when we first started out. We will look into where feelings of love come from, and what unconditional love actually is. Things can and do get better, and you can feel love for your partner again!