Do your parents have mental issues? Is it genetic?

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im an adoptee so I dont know but I think I found a grandparent on my mothers side that was an inmate in a mental hospital

nature v nurture

too intelligent for planet earth perhaps?

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My mom probably has some personality disorder or mild bipolar but other than that I donā€™t know of any big mental health issues in my family.

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They are in fact Welsh. The former lead singer does a good show on bbc radio 6 music. She has a strong welsh accent.

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Iā€™m actually very confused on all this to be honest. I see everyone has a family member who is schizophrenic and that would mean it is genetic but nobody who is related to me in my family has ever had this disorder. What would that mean? Iā€™ve had it all my life as well.

Edit: Well actually my mother has Bipolar, would that affect it?

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My brother had Schizophrenia. My grandmother had Alzheimers and dementia.

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You donā€™t have to have it in your family to develop it. No one in my family that I know of has schizophrenia.

And yes, having bipolar parents increases the risk of developing both sz and bipolar.

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Mental illness definitely runs in my family, from what I am told.

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who resurrected this thread? help my dead hamster.

just kidding lol lol

I know not if itā€™s genetic. doc asks for MI relatives though.

family believes in spirits much.

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Dad had ptsd think my mums Bipolar 1.

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Parents are pretty normal . Not me though :joy:

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My parents are fine. I am not.

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