Mental illness is a terrible thing. It wrecks families. It destroys people. And yet, there are ways to combat it. Not only to treat it when it happens, but I hope, to prevent it before it does.
My children have inherited a genetic predispostion to mental illness. My ex husband's brother and his uncle were both diagnosed schizophrenics. My ex and his sister suffer from a host of both diagnosed and undiagnosed mental maladies including (diagnosed) generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder and likely (undiagnosed) narcissistic personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.
My children have inherited a genetic predispostion to mental illness. My ex husband's brother and his uncle were both diagnosed schizophrenics. My ex and his sister suffer from a host of both diagnosed and undiagnosed mental maladies including (diagnosed) generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder and likely (undiagnosed) narcissistic personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.
I'm not a doctor. I can only tell you what I've observed.
