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Hurting other kids-- It Happened Again!
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<blockquote data-quote="EB67" data-source="post: 56175" data-attributes="member: 3750"><p>It's not his family tree he's afraid of-- it's mine.</p><p></p><p>My mother is either bipolar or Borderline (BPD) or plain old NPD (has never shared a diagnosis with me but either description seems to fit)-- she has had a series of suicide attempts, inpatient stays. She is complicated, difficult and not well. I'm not sure what medication she takes, but whatever it is seems fairly ineffective. It is because I do not have a good mental illness role model in my own mother that I am especially afraid of the potential for Seb to be BiPolar (BP). And I realize that with my family history it is more than possible.</p><p></p><p>I've had my fair share of difficulties-- I had bad PPD after Seb was born. Then Seb and I were in the collapse of the WTC on 9/11 and I suffered severe PTSD (was more or less unable to function for the better part of a year but feel fine now). husband was of the snap-out-of-it school of nurturing after both depressive episodes. He has no patience for mental illness of any kind. And quite frankly, if it were easier, I'd leave him because at the moment, I loathe the man.</p><p></p><p>Whew.</p><p></p><p>And no, for the aforementioned reasons, he does not take any interest in this board, nor would he read it. Or any of the books on the subject of ADHD, Bipolar or anything else.</p><p></p><p>It isn't easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EB67, post: 56175, member: 3750"] It's not his family tree he's afraid of-- it's mine. My mother is either bipolar or Borderline (BPD) or plain old NPD (has never shared a diagnosis with me but either description seems to fit)-- she has had a series of suicide attempts, inpatient stays. She is complicated, difficult and not well. I'm not sure what medication she takes, but whatever it is seems fairly ineffective. It is because I do not have a good mental illness role model in my own mother that I am especially afraid of the potential for Seb to be BiPolar (BP). And I realize that with my family history it is more than possible. I've had my fair share of difficulties-- I had bad PPD after Seb was born. Then Seb and I were in the collapse of the WTC on 9/11 and I suffered severe PTSD (was more or less unable to function for the better part of a year but feel fine now). husband was of the snap-out-of-it school of nurturing after both depressive episodes. He has no patience for mental illness of any kind. And quite frankly, if it were easier, I'd leave him because at the moment, I loathe the man. Whew. And no, for the aforementioned reasons, he does not take any interest in this board, nor would he read it. Or any of the books on the subject of ADHD, Bipolar or anything else. It isn't easy. [/QUOTE]
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