Just out of curiosity, why does there need to be a reason for it to be 'ok to be single'? Is there something wrong with being single that it needs to be justified at all?
It's your own personal experience, so whatevs. Although I don't recall any social stigma about illnesses. As long as you're cool, you're fine by me.
One of my friends told me he was clinically depressed. That's an illness. And my closest friend has crabs. And not the fun yummy ones. I have dependency issues and seek the acceptance of others to deal with that and have no life goals. Doesn't make us bad people. We all know we have issues. We just get by and just be really cool about it. As long as you don't make a big deal out of it, it's fine. Except AIDS, you should probably be very serious about that and be open about it with your partner if you have it. Honesty is key, especially in romantic relationships.
We should probably lock this post it's getting too personal but thx for sharing all your opinions, questions
I have depression and anxiety, yet I'm still married. My friend has sever manic depression, yet has been in a long term relationship. There aren't stigmas around everything. And there need not be any justification behind being single. You're single? Cool you don't need a man/woman in your life to make it worthwhile.
It's good to talk about the issues and relate but revealing too much personal info can be detrimental to one's privacy.
If I'm willing to talk about it then it isn't very private to me. I don't care if the public knows. I'm not saying you need to talk about your experiences but I don't care if people know about mine. I evidently define my privacy different than you define yours.
It' is your choice but I just wanted to remind you what's read can't be unread. And revealing others personal info is forfeiting their privacy.
I didn't mention my friends name or gender so their identity is kept 100% confidential. I've got tons of friends, make and female. As long as I'm not putting out identifying information and keeping their identity a secret I'm not impeding on their privacy. It's not like someone will say "oooh MrsP's ONE friend has bipolar" and be able to point out which friend I am talking about. There are over 6billion people in the world. There's no way to find out which if those people I am connected to and who of them I call friends, never mind which one of them has a mental illness. I understand what has been read can't be unread. A mental illness is not something I should hide or be ashamed of, therefor, if people can read that I've got depression and anxiety then so be it. I've nothing to hide. It's not like I'm posting my phone number or a picture with my real name.