Would the majority of women break up with a guy if they found out he was in a psych ward in his teens, early 20s, and relatively recently? My family just pushes me to go to a psych ward whenever I am depressed or having a panic attack. I learned to control panic attacks, but am depressed as I just realized my psych ward history makes me undateable. It was normalized by my family and I just saw them as like vacations to chill out, but I'll never go again. I realized that this was bad only recently, and think I'm kind of fucked.
>>35076719Just lie and never bring it up? We have to keep our skeletons in the closet and not be open books/air our dirty laundry. Everyone got through shit.
>>35076791I'll always feel like I'm hiding part of my history and never truly feel known. I guess that's all I can do though. Wasted my life. Thanks for the advice.
>>35076799Don't feel bad about it - you're not hiding something sly or evil. You're more likely to be dating someone who indeed does, your wife's past could've been a past of whoredom
>>35076810it's ogre
>>35076719I've had panic attacks but never so bad I went to psych. How bad were they and how long did you stay?
>>35077692They weren't that bad. My family just pushes me to go as a first answer whenever I am having any depression or anxiety, and made it seem like not a big deal. I wish I just never went and learned my lesson and have my emotions completely under control now, but feel like I'm permanently undateable now and have this baggage permanently following me around the rest of my life no matter how good I do in life from this point forward.
>>35076719It was over the moment you had anything requiring psych ward hospitalization. People don't go to the psych ward for fun. There is a clear issue with you. Even if you lie about the psych ward, women will notice you're batsh*t crazy. You'll likely never get a girlfriend. Even if you do, it's going to be an ugly mentally ill woman with severe issues and who is on a stack of 5+ different medications.
>>35078933I think I'm fine. My family is just really toxic and normalized going. I worked on controlling my panic attacks and am a better person now, but the stigma will always be there. I guess the moral thing to do is tell a woman, and accept that she will likely lose all respect for me. Guess I did permanently ruin my life, but lifes not that long.
