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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 256789" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>gg</p><p> </p><p>I grew up with mental illness. Mother and aunt both schizophrenic. There are various other disorders floating around the extended family as well. husband is a difficult child (AS) and I have 2 difficult children of my own. </p><p> </p><p>I don't think it's "contagious" but I do think there are times with living with mental illness can pull you into a black hole if you aren't careful. Just from the stress alone. And of course we're not going to be the same after living with it as someone who doesn't.</p><p> </p><p>I anxiety and PTSD I can understand (and share) because we live in such an unstable environment. It gets to a person eventually. Add in the isolation we feel just because other people don't usually have a clue as to what we're really dealing with.........and we don't even have friends/family to unload on like you'd do with other things that are very stressful. So we feel isolated to a certain extent on top of everything else.</p><p> </p><p>You've went thru so much with husband that it's no wonder you're having minor issues of your own. But there is a huge difference with minor issues and full blown mental illness. </p><p> </p><p>I don't think you're in denial of the effects from living with difficult children. And I see nothing wrong with getting help when we need it to cope with our situation.</p><p> </p><p>When Nichole was in her downward spiral my anxiety and PTSD was in such an uproar (thanks to other things also going on at the time) that I had to seek out medications to be able to continue to function. It was only for a period of 2 yrs. medication free I'm able to cope fine now and have been for 3 yrs. in my opinion everyone has a breaking point. That was mine, too many difficult children in my life, too much coming down at once had thrown me into a tailspin.</p><p> </p><p>gg I think you face the reality of your husband's mental illness better than most people would be able to. You don't need a therapist shoving what you already know down your throat to make you "deal" with it better. husband is a very lucky man.</p><p> </p><p>((((hugs))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 256789, member: 84"] gg I grew up with mental illness. Mother and aunt both schizophrenic. There are various other disorders floating around the extended family as well. husband is a difficult child (AS) and I have 2 difficult children of my own. I don't think it's "contagious" but I do think there are times with living with mental illness can pull you into a black hole if you aren't careful. Just from the stress alone. And of course we're not going to be the same after living with it as someone who doesn't. I anxiety and PTSD I can understand (and share) because we live in such an unstable environment. It gets to a person eventually. Add in the isolation we feel just because other people don't usually have a clue as to what we're really dealing with.........and we don't even have friends/family to unload on like you'd do with other things that are very stressful. So we feel isolated to a certain extent on top of everything else. You've went thru so much with husband that it's no wonder you're having minor issues of your own. But there is a huge difference with minor issues and full blown mental illness. I don't think you're in denial of the effects from living with difficult children. And I see nothing wrong with getting help when we need it to cope with our situation. When Nichole was in her downward spiral my anxiety and PTSD was in such an uproar (thanks to other things also going on at the time) that I had to seek out medications to be able to continue to function. It was only for a period of 2 yrs. medication free I'm able to cope fine now and have been for 3 yrs. in my opinion everyone has a breaking point. That was mine, too many difficult children in my life, too much coming down at once had thrown me into a tailspin. gg I think you face the reality of your husband's mental illness better than most people would be able to. You don't need a therapist shoving what you already know down your throat to make you "deal" with it better. husband is a very lucky man. ((((hugs)))) [/QUOTE]
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