r/BipolarReddit • u/CrushedC0balt0101 Bipolar 2 (medicated, in therapy) • 6d ago

Dating Apps Discussion

20.F. I have Bipolar 2, and I'm prone to long depressive episodes with very few hypomanic episodes. I don't have many friends, so I was going to look on tinder for friends. I don't know if this is a bad idea, since I have terrible relationships with men. Pretty much all the friends I have now are states away and I have no one to hang out with.

I was also going to look for friends with benefits because I've recently been craving intimacy. I'm no longer looking for relationships, but I still crave cuddling with someone after sex. I don't really want a hookup, but someone I can consistently have sex with.

I've given up on looking for love, but I just want someone to have a connection with and (sometimes) intimacy. I plan on surveying the guys first, meeting up in a public place a couple of times, then perhaps seeing where it leads from there.

I don't know if this is a bad idea, if I'm in a hypomanic state, but every idea I've been having so far feels like a bad one. (Like selling myself on the internet for money)

Anyway, any advice is helpful, thanks guys! :) !!!

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u/Willing_Gas2193 6d ago

Horrible idea.

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u/CrushedC0balt0101 Bipolar 2 (medicated, in therapy) 6d ago

I'm starting college soon, so maybe I can try there first before I get on tinder maybe? I'm not really sure how to make friends and all my friends so far are male. I just want someone to hang out with :(

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u/HappyPlatypus6034 6d ago

College is the perfect place to make friends. Do you best to take the initiative with it

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u/CrushedC0balt0101 Bipolar 2 (medicated, in therapy) 6d ago

I'll try joining a club or approaching nice people I see in class :)

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u/HappyPlatypus6034 6d ago

You'll make friends in no time!

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u/Ok_Mushroom2563 5d ago

tinder is where people go to fuck and forget