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divinemistress36

divinemistress36

Angelic
Jan 1, 2024
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My mom had clinical depression but she got lucky and was fine once she got on Prozac. Does mental illness run in your family?
 
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platypus77

platypus77

Experienced
Dec 11, 2024
277
In many ways yes, my parents own trauma from my grandparents illnesses caused them to be emotionally absent for me as a child. One of my cousins CTB while still very young, feels like a cascading effect.

Made me weak, helpless, but strong in many ways
 
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before20

before20

I can't turn this thing off, it keeps following me
Jan 28, 2025
119
Very much so. Neurodivergence runs on my dad's side (mostly autism, but also Tourettes and OCD); bipolar runs on my mother's side.
 
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whitetaildeer

whitetaildeer

*bleat*
Aug 5, 2024
282
definitely. cluster b disorders and schizophrenia on my mother's side; i never met my father's side (with the exception of 2 people) so i can't say for his.

mother definitely had something going on but i know she was depressed and on a lot of medication that she didn't need (er doctor's words, not mine). she was a hoarder and spent most of her time bed rotting while she was alive.

i won't blame these disorders as the people in my family never chose to have them, but i'm sure the disorders made a lot of things much worse than they needed to be.
 
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rozeske

Maybe I am the problem
Dec 2, 2023
4,064
Yup, a very long colorful line :) My grandma was shot dead for entering a no man zone. The soldiers didn't understand she was an ill person.
 
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Boots2Scoots

Boots2Scoots

Piece of dirt
Jan 23, 2025
118
Yes. Psychosis, schizohprenia, and Bi-polar run rampant in my family. I seem to be the one that's truly falling behind as a result and it sucks. Don't know if it's lack of medication or just because I'm mentally weaker than them.
 
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Namelesa

Namelesa

Global Mod · Trapped in this Suffering
Sep 21, 2024
2,134
The only other member of my family to have mental illness is my sister. Our whole family tho probably has autism (me and my sister have diagnosis but others definitely have traits of autism)
 
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Promised Heaven

Promised Heaven

Eternally atoning
Feb 1, 2024
716
Aspergers definitely. My parents refuse to check out a psychologist for themselves but I definitely suspect anger management issues (mother threatens to end her life over small disputes) and I'm in a hoarding disorder household, trying to resist hoarding myself but the appeal and safety is strong.
 
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Gangrel

Gangrel

Mage
Jul 25, 2024
504
Mom has panic symdrome, anxiety, depression, the usual stuff, so yeah
 
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EvisceratedJester

EvisceratedJester

|| What Else Could I Be But a Jester ||
Oct 21, 2023
5,119
My dad has depression and, while I do not consider it to be a mental illness, my uncle has autism.
 
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Pluto

Pluto

Cat Extremist
Dec 27, 2020
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landmine

landmine

lovesickness
Mar 12, 2023
101
yup! anxiety and depression. but i think most are undiagnosed due to not wanting to find help..
 
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The Unanswered Q

The Unanswered Q

Student
Jan 1, 2025
126
Everyone in my family is neurodivergent, don't know if that counts as mental illness though.
 
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ThatRussianDude

ThatRussianDude

**** yeah, give it to me this is Heaven.
Dec 16, 2024
104
Sure, my mum is nuts.
 
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ShatteredSerenity

ShatteredSerenity

I talk to God, but the sky is empty.
Nov 24, 2024
676
Yeah, my grandfather was undignosed but probably met criteria for asperger's at a minimum. Everybody says I'm a lot like him.

My uncle also had undiagnosed issues and he could be very wild and rowdy. He died in a motorcycle accident in Thailand, his son died from a drug overdose at 16, and his daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It seems likely all of them were bipolar.

My dad has pretty obvious ADHD. If only he had known and treated it my childhood could have been so much better.
 
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divinemistress36

divinemistress36

Angelic
Jan 1, 2024
4,758
Thanks family for giving us shitty genes
 
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areyousafe??

Arcanist
Nov 27, 2024
468
Yes, on my dad's side. My dad has schizophrenia, one of his sister has depression (with ctb attempt) and the other sister has anxiety.
 
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dust-in-the-wind

dust-in-the-wind

Animal Lover
Aug 24, 2024
760
It doesn't run in my family. So it's a mystery how I am so bad. Oh i did have an alcoholic grandfather. Maybe that is how he coped if he had depression/anxiety. I don't know he died when I was 6.
 
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divinemistress36

divinemistress36

Angelic
Jan 1, 2024
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Maybe some great grandparents had it and they didnt know ?
 
countdowntoecstasy

countdowntoecstasy

Member
Feb 11, 2024
24
My dad's side has a history of mental illness and drug abuse.
 
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Thia

maybe recovering (maybe not)
Nov 24, 2023
39
my father's side has alcoholism. my mother's side has some... issues. undiagnosed, but probably enough to meet a diagnosis for psychiatric disorders. the dysfunctional family kind. early onset cancer too, but that's more on the physical side
 
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danny10

danny10

Banned
Jan 8, 2025
263
Yes, it runs in my family. My sister committed suicide about 4 years ago (when she was 40). Both my father and my cousin (on my father's side) are depressed, they cannot get out of bed. My aunt has also committed suicide. So yes, it definately runs in my family. And I'm fucked up too.
 
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