Is anyone’s parents here also/were schizophrenic? Or schizoaffective? Neither of my parents have it…
What was it like living with a schizophrenic parent?
No one in my family has a mental illness or a genetic disease. I guess it would be harder if they were schizo.
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No one in my family have it. Guess I just got lucky.
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My parents don’t have sz. My mom has ptsd, my dad is a sociopath. I have a cousin with sz but that’s it. My sister L has bipolar, and my sister J has sociopathy like my dad.
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Haha super lucky @SunLion
Neither of my parents have sz, but my maternal grandmother has bipolar with paranoid tendencies.
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My parents don’t, but an uncle and one of my cousins has it sz
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Ohh interesting…
yeah my uncle on my dads side had it, so did one of my cousins on my moms side
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Same situation
… yeah my dads brother and a cousin on my moms side
. There are other cousins who suffer from depression on my moms side too
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That reminds me! I also had an uncle on my dad’s side who had schizophrenia. I think he was also a Freemason.
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My father was MI but since he never saw a psychiatrist, we never knew his diagnosis. My father was an old school Mexican man and MI was a direct affront to his machismo.
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My mom was diagnosed with psychotic depression several years ago. I suspect my dad has something but he’d never deign to seek actual mental health help. He’s so paranoid atm that it’s scary.
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My parents are normal, except depression, which is quiet common, I think. I have an uncle with sz
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My grannie had sz and my grandad BP
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It was pure Hell living with a MI, sz father. He was an ultra paranoid, abusive, rageaholic who just happened to be, in spite of his sz, a pedophilic monster.
My cousin is Schizophirenic, my daughters autistic
(probably my genes 
) and my mother has a personality disorder (ambulance chaser).
Didnt find out for years my cousin was, typical dysfunctional family i have - they brushed it under the carpet. No wonder hes had clinical depression for years.
Thats probably why i embrace and accept my diagnosis, and if anyone asks, i will tell them thats why i dont work. Im arsed if im gonna be ashamed of it.
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Why would someone want to chase an ambulance?
Its a slang term used in the uk - to describe someone who phones the emergency services with the slightest symptom - to garner sympathy and attention. Therefore you are chasing for an ambulance.
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I’m sorry to hear that @antidepressant044
That would be scary! I hope he will get the help he needs…
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wow… sounds like a rough childhood. Sorry to hear.