Both nature and nature.

Various mental illnesses run on every side of my family. (Of course, I was a junior in high school and thought I was losing my mind before someone bothered to mention anything. Ok, they put it in a note.) Mainly depression, bipolar,anxieties and phobias.

Not talking about it, or addressing any of the potential that this could be a health issue that I could encounter? I spent some prime pubescent years freaked the heck out to put it mildly. And then I also spent those wee years doing all of the drinking (and more) that a lifetime could possible handle just to shut it all down and out.

Long(ish) story shorter: it would be with me no matter what, but I believe I could have had a better grasp on it if my parentals presented me with info. in advance. (Hey! Then they wouldn't be who they were and there would be some bizarro butterfly effect in the works.)

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