Mental Illness In Family
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blubs
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no one in my family have been diagnosed with mental illness..they're just fondly regarded as 'odd' by most people. But I think my mum has obsessive compulsive disorder...and has suffered from depression. I think my dad's obsessive too, he has that thing where he hoards everything...so does my mum, their house is a nightmare :lol:
Hellraising
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You mean Compulsive Hoarding blubs? Hoarding and OCD are quite a different thing.
And no, no one in my family has any mental illness, that I know of at least. I'm the first and only one.
And no, no one in my family has any mental illness, that I know of at least. I'm the first and only one.
Anonymous
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Hey redlady, I can relate there, mental illness is very prevalent in my dads family, the thought of having kids scares me. But then I wonder sometimes if its nature or nurture or a bit of both?. It will be great when the genetic code is fully understood and we have some answers to these questions.
redlady
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I think if i had a decent upbringing i would have been okay - the predisposition for mental illness in me made me react to my environment in a more extreme way.
The thought of having kids scares me as well - that same predisposition will be in them - and i couldn't stand it if any child of mine had to suffer as i have done - i would rather not have children at all.
The thought of having kids scares me as well - that same predisposition will be in them - and i couldn't stand it if any child of mine had to suffer as i have done - i would rather not have children at all.
Pearl
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My dad has been depressed my whole life which isn't pleasant, and probably has SP too, and my half bro is schizophrenic, altho he did that to himself with drug use. I don't want to pass my genes on either, don't want to create another human life that has my personality traits. No thank you, l want a putty cat
clairet
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My Aunt was originally disagnosed with schitzophrenia (she is 70) but they now think that she may have been mis-diagnosed all her life as she didn't show clssic symptoms of being schitzophrenic and probably has some sort of personality disorder, which is kind of scary for me because I act rather like she did and my mother is always saying to me "ohh maybe you've got what your aunty has" and this terrifies me as she is now in a mental home 
I don't think I put in one full stop in all that blurb! Good to get it off my chest though!
I don't think I put in one full stop in all that blurb! Good to get it off my chest though!
Chilling__Echo
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yeah we have alot on my mom's side. my mom's aunts were all *crazy* in the sense that in those days no one knew what was wrong with them b/c the awareness of mental illness wasn't as high. out of four children my grandpa was the only one that was ok. and that's not going into my grandpa's mother's side...
Mysti
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There is a long line of panic attack sufferers through my mum's side with various cousins etc. She herself suffered from OCD when my sister and I were very young and has had ongoing depression over the years.
I think my sis may have SP amongst other things, which I have often thought may not have helped me with my issues as she is 5 years older and was my main role model whilst growing up.
Then of course there is me with my panic attacks and agoraphobia - certainly seems to be hereditary in my case :?
I think my sis may have SP amongst other things, which I have often thought may not have helped me with my issues as she is 5 years older and was my main role model whilst growing up.
Then of course there is me with my panic attacks and agoraphobia - certainly seems to be hereditary in my case :?
Faith
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Boundless said:
Really? And it doesn't run in your family? :? I don't mean to offend or pry, but I find that hard to believe!
You know, the thing with "it running in my family" was everyone (my parents especially) were too proud to admit there was any type of mental illness. So they would avoid the subject and say "it's all in your head." Especially my dad. That was funny, because almost all of us showed physical symptoms of social anxiety since we were young.
I can see it in my mom and dad and it's like an embarrassment to admit there's something wrong in the family. I'm not aiming to be the Brady Bunch, but a little history on the family and our illnesses wouldn't hurt.
Maybe you should search outsider your immediate family.
What I want to do (along with my sister) is get it all out in the open and stop pretending there's nothing wrong with us.
LittleMissScareAll
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Alot of people in my dad's family have mental problems...my grandpa has always been nervous alot(and now of course he has alzheimer's too)...alot of people in his family have/have had problems. One of them--I think maybe it was my grandpa's mom or his grandma...used to pick imaginary bugs off of herself. 8O
I can't think of anyone in my mom's family who really has problems, except my cousin...don't know much about her situation...I dont see her much. All I know is she has panic attacks occasionally.
)...alot of people in his family have/have had problems. One of them--I think maybe it was my grandpa's mom or his grandma...used to pick imaginary bugs off of herself. 8O I can't think of anyone in my mom's family who really has problems, except my cousin...don't know much about her situation...I dont see her much. All I know is she has panic attacks occasionally.
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