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Sep 30, 2009, 04:05 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Posts: 2,779
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I'm very sorry for the sorrow that your family is experiencing. I know how it is because it has happened in my family, too.
I was first hospitalized in 1985 and in 1987 after my second hospitalization, the following week, my uncle (father's brother) committed suicide. When that happened, my mother took it upon herself to start asking questions and found out a lot of information that no one had ever talked about but which was very important for our family to know. It was not important for anyone else to know it but it WAS important for the family to know because, as it turns out, many of us have inherited the genetic predisposition for depression, bipolar depression, schizophrenia, and other mental illnesses. There have been numerous suicides on my father's side of the family and we now know about these thanks to my mother's curiosity.
I don't think it's necessary for anyone outside of your family to know about your aunt. But I don't see the harm in sharing this with your husband or your T. Certainly, it is not the business of your aunt and uncle's friends.
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 Vickie
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