Did Anyone Have a Mentally Ill Parent(s) That Helped Cause Their PTSD?

[susane99]

My mother lost her dad at 13 and her mom married her off to my father at 14. He was a 21 year old drunk who abused her. They both abused us kids. My mother had a couple of suicide attempts and spent some time in a mental hospital. I don't know what, if any, her diagnosis was but it did indeed affect all of us.

 

[EmoxxKid]

Damn...

Sorry to hear all that...


and thank you all for responding...it means the world...

Right now is just so hard..

 

[Deleted member 487]

My mom had a cerebular hemangioblastoma. A non-cancerous brain tumor. The mental illness she had soon affected everyone.

 

[2quilt]

both parents abused all us kids, and they were both abused too, so there's no telling how many generations of mental illness I come from.

 

[Seeking_Nirvana]

My mom had PTSD and committed suicide from incest/abuse. Her siblings have severe alcohol and anger issues too so I grew up around a lot of mentally ill individuals. I believe I had secondary PTSD from my mother? My brother has paranoid schizophrenia, and got that when he was 16. I believe this runs in the family. I'm trying to keep my children safe and not let the cycle repeat itself. If it is in the genes, there is not much I can do about that.

Peace
Tammy

 

[ruddy]

My parents both had problems: depression and alcoholism. That contributed to my development of ptsd. They weren't capable or engaged in parenting. That left me vulnerable to predation. After I was attacked, they were mostly absent and unsupportive.

 

[ovation228]

I've dealt with multiple alcoholic parents (step-dad, mom) and guardians (grandfather). I was abused early in life through my mid-teens.

I rarely drink because of my fear of alcoholism.

I feel that my grandmother had severe issues especially after having to take me in.

 

[Monarch]

My grandmother is agoraphobic and my father and brother both have anxiety and anger issues.

 

[ilim]

My mother was bipolar, violent, scary... I'm always afraid of becoming her and messing up my own kids.

 

[Deleted member 487]

My mom had a cerebular hemangioblastoma. A non-cancerous brain tumor. The mental illness she had soon affected everyone.

With her tumor she was both homicidal and suicidal. Last counselor I talked with about this told me her impact on me was imaginary. No, it's not imaginary. When your mother rolls you and yyour sister up in a blanket and talks about how "they will see how you kids were never abused when they do an autopsy and find you kids have full stomachs" while she's loading her shotgun....the terror you have as a kid, no one can make that up.