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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jun 5, 2019 | Replies (42)
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@bookysue My mother was depressed most of her life, and at age 17 was placed in a sanitarium for some time. We were not aware as youngsters, that what we experienced was abnormal. Not until I was about 14 did it dawn on me something was amiss. My best guy friend's mother took me under her wing, to give me the guidance she felt a "present" mother would offer. My mother hater her for that. I moved out at 18 and never looked back. In the last 15 years [I am now 66] I have learned more about depression and mental illness, and the effects on family. Unfortunately, it is still a taboo subject for my siblings.My hat is off to you for being so brave; I can learn so much from you. Thank you.
Ginger
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I will be 65 next week. Amazingly what little we knew what little we knew. I put my mom in a facility and her doc says next day not that day- I got her in. She was in for a week. Mid 80’s. My parents a year before divorced after 38 years . Hard time .
Yes we learned from each other. My brother did help a few times in our kid/ teenage years. But we never talk about our parents. Folks were around but no one did anything. . Family and depression was not part of my major in Psy. Only after graduating, I learned things that I wish I learned. Be careful and control the stressors in your life. I would not have brought a house . And knowing I am a great procrastinator; depressed being/ lefty/ curly/ short/ deefie . Whatever the reason, I would not have been in a urban city although I am more social.;
Gosh I learned a lot today
Thank you all- Leonard, Ginger...