Having a partner with a mental disorder is certainly a big challenge for you. Although it is difficult to go through, it does not mean that the condition cannot be faced together. There are a number of things you can try so you don't get stressed out about your partner's health condition and are more resilient in dealing with it.
Mental disorders or mental disorders are conditions or illnesses that cause mood disorders, moods, and behavior of a person. Symptoms of this disorder can be felt mild, but there are severe enough to hinder the ability of sufferers in carrying out activities and daily work.
There are many diseases that are classified as mental disorders, including:
- Mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorder.
- Anxiety disorders.
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
- Schizophrenia.
- Eating Disorders.
- Personality Disorders.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
In addition, diseases or mental disorders also include disorders of sexual deviation and addictive behavior (addiction), such as alcoholism, smoking, drugs, pornography, or gambling addiction.
Tips for Accompanying Mates with Mental Disorders
Long before you step into a serious commitment to get married, it helps you find out whether your partner has certain illnesses or health problems, including mental disorders. If indeed there is, the decision to continue the relationship to the level of marriage is yours and your partner.
But if your new partner's disease becomes known after marriage, try not to panic and be patient in dealing with it. Not all mental illness can destroy domestic relations. You can still establish a harmonious household with a partner even though he has a mental disorder.
Some of the following ways you can do to maintain a relationship with a partner who has a mental disorder:
1. Educate yourself
Mental disorders can make sufferers sensitive, irritable, sad, emotional, not energetic, or feel powerless to carry out daily activities.
Therefore, it is important for you to find information and educate yourself well related to mental disorders suffered by your partner. You can get this information from the doctor or psychologist who is handling it.
Armed with this education, you can become more understanding of how your partner feels and can accompany him especially when he shows symptoms of mental illness.
2. Express love and affection
People who have mental disorders may feel insecure, embarrassed, and reluctant to meet or interact with others because of mental disorders they suffer.
To give encouragement and support, as a partner you need to express your love and affection for him. Say that you love him very much, even though he is suffering from the condition.
By establishing a quality relationship, you and your partner can deal with this difficult situation better. It also can make a couple's self-confidence gradually increase.
3. Keep doing activities together
Having a mental disorder does not mean that your partner must continue to be confined at home and closed to the environment and the outside world, especially if the conditions are stable and do not need to be treated in a mental hospital.
As her partner, invite her to simply take an afternoon walk outside the house or do activities that you both like, for example watching a movie in the cinema, exercising, or an excursion to tourist attractions.
Even though it's not easy, it doesn't mean you can't try it. Don't let your partner's mental state interfere with your intimacy.
4. Be a good listener
One thing that is needed by people with mental disorders is to have other people who can listen to his complaints with empathy and openness.
Therefore, as a good partner, you need to be a good listener to your partner and understand all their complaints as long as he feels the symptoms that are disturbing.
But if your partner is not ready to share stories about his illness with you, try to be patient and don't force him. If you have trouble understanding what your partner wants to say, you can ask for help from a psychiatrist or psychologist when accompanying your partner to do counseling.
5. Try to always be there for him
Living with a mental disorder is not an easy thing for your partner to go through. Therefore, try to always be there for him. Accompany him when he wants to do psychotherapy or undergo treatment.
But when couples ask for time for themselves, try to understand and tell him that you are always there for him.
Having a partner with a mental disorder may take up your time and energy. However, don't forget to maintain your own health. Try to get enough sleep every day, eat healthy and nutritious foods, reduce stress, and still have time to "me time".
Mental disorders experienced by your partner may indeed be a problem in your relationship or household. However, a good life partner will not leave their partner just because of an illness, right? Rest assured that you and your partner are able to pass this ordeal in your relationship.
Remember that your support is very influential on his condition. In addition to getting support from you, your family, and the surrounding environment, couples who have mental disorders also still need to regularly consult with a psychiatrist to get
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