i know the short answer, yes. obviously it is possible. might not even be hard for other people i don’t know but i’m having a small issue. my boyfriend is not diagnosed with bipolar disorder but he has bipolar tendencies (from what he’s told me, we haven’t dated long but it’s pretty serious). 

so when we met he was talking about how he was needy and liked attention and liked texting back fast and stuff, which is good for me because i’m annoying so he gets it. and he was really sweet and did small nice stuff (ex: getting something for me from the other room, “if you wake up and can’t sleep just wake me up too”, cleaning my car, insisting on doing things for me, etc). it was small stuff i really appreciated. 

now he’s still sweet sometimes and reassures me he loves me and i’m probably over reacting but it’s not the same now. i think he’s going into a depressive episode. and i have depression so i know how hard it can be to interact with others sometimes and keep a good mood. 

but i’m a piece of shit and can’t handle that. i’m constantly thinking about how he probably doesn’t like me anymore and wondering what i can do to make him treat me like he did before. so then i’m always in a bad mood caused by my thoughts which just makes the relationship not pleasing. 

i know it’s normal for people with bpd to be obsessed with getting attention, but does it go this far? i feel so shitty. i want to support him but i don’t know. i know it would be on me for being shitty but i just don’t know if it’s the right fit