Interestingly the author states his symptoms started through a combination of lack of sleep and dating a disturbed individual [1]. Such a diagnosis is possibly

Interestingly the author states his symptoms started through a combination of lack of sleep and dating a disturbed individual [1]. Such a diagnosis is possibly offensive, ableist and unscientific, however there are many such anecdotal reports of people with (developing or fully developed) mental illness pairing up. While there is little evidence of such pairing up being a cause (i.e. some sort of "contagiousness", as explored in [2]), there is some evidence that people suffering from mental illness (including personality disorders) can be attracted to one another [3]. [1] http://www.kennethreitz.org/essays/purging-the-unexpected-negative-a-narcissistic-partner http://www.kennethreitz.org/essays/purging-the-unexpected-ne... [2] http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/is-mental-illness-contagious/ http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/is-mental-illness-contagious... [3] http://www.medicaldaily.com/law-attraction-mental-illness-marriage-375268 http://www.medicaldaily.com/law-attraction-mental-illness-ma...