Have any of your relatives had mental illness?
My granddad was a schizophrenia and my great aunt suffered depression triggered by death of sister when she was 19 she spent rest of her life in hospital bless her soul. If she had been born now she might have had better life because of new medications
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Short answer: yes
Long answer: father is undiagnosed paranoid sz; sister is celiac; brother is… not socially functional and will not talk to anyone(previous 4.0 college graduate); aunts and uncles diagnosed bipolar; others extremely depressed, one uncle ocd; nerve issues abroad. Lol I don’t go to family reunions anymore.
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No, no schizophrenia in my family as I know of. My maternal aunt has had depression, but that’s it. I’m the first one, and the unlucky one, I guess you could say.
yes granddad was thinking the police where coming into his house to steal things whilst he was sleeping my dad said they took him to a phyciatrist once but they couldn’t get him through the door my dad is an alcoholi whos never sought any type of help and im one of 3 girls and I got it I think cannabis brough symptoms on but probably would have got it anyway im not having kids.
I worry about my little neice cause shes not very social and has mental illness on both sides so ill always be there for her if she needs me.
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Hard to say because back in those days people hid these things, but I suspect my grandfather had it or had sz tendencies. My dad had paranoia, delusions, cognitive deficit, social withdrawal, avolition, but I don’t know if he had any psychosis except at the end of his life when he told us he was seeing things. Both had late onset type 2 diabetes too. But neither was ever treated. My son has sz, though has so far never been hospitalized, so mild compared with some pjeople. My sisters and i have or have had some of the negative features, whether learned it inherited, I don’t know.
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My grandmother was hospitalized for a mental illness but I’m not sure which one. I think it may be bipolar.
Three family members were diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder. Also have two cousins with Bipolar disorder.
Big time, my mother is a diagnosed schizophrenic, and a few other people in my family have the issue.
I’m the first person with schizophrenia in my whole family as far as i know. BUT…in the thirties or forties my grandmother had what they called back then, a nervous breakdown and spent a year in a psychiatric hospital. That was my moms side. My grandfather on my dads side was a very violent person.When my dad was 5 his real mother died and when the doctor told my grandfather that his wife had passed away, my grandfather tried to throw the doctor out of the fourth story window of the hospital. He had to be restrained. After she died my grandfather spent the nigts in my dads house pacing and wandering the halls moaning and talking to himself. The other relatives had to take my dad into their homes until my grandfather recovered. He loved his wife dearly and it was a great loss. When my dad was dying from cancer, he did not go easy. He did the same thing as his dad, pacing and shouting and scaring my step-mom. But she knew he would never lay a hand on her in a million years. Near the end he did not tolerate any ■■■■■■■■. If any old man his age did something stupid that everybody would LIKE to yell at him for or my dad would call him on it. The time he cussed out the guy with 20 items in the supermarket line when a huge sign said “ten items or less”. Te air conditioning guy who tried to intimidate him barely escaped being clubbed with a 2X4. My step-mom saw my dad holding the 2X4 and walking determinedly out back and stopped him. I unfortunately didn’t escape his wrath even at age 40. I wish I was more like my dad in some ways. He had a SCARY-ass, crazy temper.
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My paternal great grandfather committed suicide with four surviving children. My maternal grandmother had a nervous break down, because she had 7 kids.
My uncle on my mom’s side had Sz. He passed away recently from a seizure. He had type 2 diabetes and alcoholism.
I sent him some articles from this forum a few months back. I don’t know if he saw them or not.
My family was pretty much in denial that I even got ill. Until not long after I moved out of the family home (in my late 20’s) Dad was hospitalized and diagnosed with PTSD. Brother later diagnosed with Depression although has never been hospitalized. I tend to think my mums Bipolar but not diagnosed or been hospitalized. Dad was also adopted so is a question mark on more of the family history. But putting it bluntly his adopted mum (my gran) was a fruit cake. Memories of my grandfather (his apt dad) are confusing at best . But pedophile and crossdresser come up.
Distant relatives here and there through the years on my father’s side had schizophrenia. On my mother’s I would really like to know more about Crazy Joe.
nope. no mental illness in my family at all. x
Our house is a loony bin. My brother’s autistic, my mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and I don’t need to mention what’s wrong with me. I’ve no clue about my father cause I never met him, but if he dated my mother, he must’ve been crazy too.
It’s said that my Dad’s grandfather who… wasn’t violent or anything … but was definitely not in touch with reality. He would paint and go about his surreal day… My Dad said he was a nice guy unless he drank. But most of the time he just sort of babbled on about magic beings and painted and was known around the city for some of his antics.
My Uncle is Paranoid Sz and with my amazing Aunt by his side has managed to get through his day with very few relapses… (once he finally decided to quit drinking.)
He as three kids. One is Schizoaffective and the other two are neurotypical
My younger siblings… I have one brother who has been battling depression and another brother who has just gotten diagnosed with Bipolar 1.
I have some cousins who are going through ADD, Depression, Anxiety disorder, OCD and other things.
The biggest thing for most every male in our family… we can’t drink.
You know how some people are happy and lovey drunks and some are angry violent drunks? We’re ALL the second type. None of us are ever happy… lovey drunks. For all of us… our individual problems seem to be much more under control when we don’t drink.
My dads dad was a diagnosed schizophrenic but unbelievably he managed to get his certificate of sanity and was released from hospital, about 1980, unfortunately he had no home anymore and lost his business so I think he was hoping to stay with dad but that didn’t work bc my sis was just born and mum was pregnant with me. I think he must have found somewhere tho but I never met him.
yes, there’s a considerable history of psychotic disorders on my mum’s side and a lot of alcoholism, depression, and anxiety on my father’s.