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Old May 04, 2009, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by catatonicmania View Post
I had dinner with my dad the other day and he said something that hurt really bad. Well both me and my boyfriend are 'mentally ill' and so my dad said that he would be disappointed if we had kids because of the risk of passing something on to them. I thought about going off my meds just so I could perhaps survive to claim i'm not ill. rvrn though that is really messed up thinking... And we aren't even at the time in our lives to have children but still. I can't help but think my dad would be disappointed if I procreate. Don't get me wrong I love my dad with all my heart but he doesn't have any sense of tact.
Sorry to hear you are going through that. Let your dad know that most mentall illnesses can't be passed on. In my opinon it's role modled through the actions of the parents. For example if you panicing over everthig (like I do) your child will start to do the same thing.
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