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Should I be worried about mental illness?
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October 25th, 2019
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My maternal grandfather was an abusive, paranoid schizophrenic who ended up homeless and beaten to death. My mother has narcissistic personality disorder but refused treatment when I was around twelve and instead chose to self-medicate with Valium and cigarettes.
I have not been diagnosed with anything however, if I don’t take care of myself (work too much, underslept, not do things for me), I can go to some pretty dark places and have emotional episodes I don’t like at all.
Should I be concerned?
Similarly, my paternal grandfather, uncle, aunt, and father were all addicts of some kind (gambling, drugs, alcohol). I’ve avoided that by not drinking and doing drugs, but can be a workaholic — which, of course, feeds into my first concern.
Im also an only child, so I have no one to measure this against heredity-wise. Although, all my first cousins were addicts or mentally ill as well.
Any insight and advice is welcome. Am I overthinking this?
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