Seri :)

Hello Everybody, I'm Seri! I have spent a whole day reading a lot of the forums and am excited to jump into the community and offer my support, as well as get a shoulder to lean on now and then

I'm very happy to see all the support and wonderful advice many members have to offer. And am also glad to see I'm not alone.. even though I would not wish the stuff I am going through on anyone.

I'm not sure of all the mental illnesses I suffer from. The few I have been diagnosed with are, Depression, Anxiety, and BDD. I'm sure I have a plethera of other issues that remain undiagnosed because at this time I am untreated.. medical care is expensive!

I recently found out, after the death of my biological father (whom I never knew), that he suffered from mental illness, and so did his mother. His mother (my paternal grandmother), was even committed to a hospital a few times. I read my biological fathers obituary when he died, and it was based on lie after lie, as well as never mentioning that he had a daughter. I did go to his funeral, I thought it would help me get some closure on him never being a part of my life or wanting me. Anyway thats a whole story for another thread...

I guess I'm just curious if mental illness is a hereditary thing? I see a lot of myself in my real father (sadly because he wasn't a decent man). But some of the things hes done and some of the things I've done, well, they are very simular. IT SCARES ME! I don't want to have people at my funeral thinking I was an awful person with so many issues, like I did when I went to my biological fathers funeral. I don't want to live the life he did, I don't want to end up like him, I don't want to be dead at the age of 55.

Anyway, Just wanted to say Hi and Hello, and give a little about myself! See you around the forums!

Hi, Seri! Yah, it seems like some mental illnesses might be hereditary but we're not qualified to say for sure, as we're not psychs. BUT that doesn't mean that you will be like your father, some people just inherit certain things but in other ways they're very very different from their parents. I know from my own experience.
I'm sorry your father never recognized you as his daughter, you deserved so much more from him.