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Originally Posted by Lauliza
You're right about that. I don't think mental illness is a result of bad parenting at all. Like you say, I believe it's a mix of many things, including biology. I was responding to the comments regarding people who commit atrociuos acts...if they are "evil" or mentally ill or both. I don't think it reads well but I meant to imply that parenting/upbringing has more effect on character (being evil) than mental illness.
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I understand what you are saying. I don't have much understanding beyond my own experience. But I want to understand.
Oh I think bad parenting can be a huge factor in mental illness. Well at least in depression and anxiety. I don't know about bi polar. For sure though child abuse, neglect, and all can have a huge impact on a developing brain and cause depression and anxiety for sure later in life. Even an emotionally unavailable parent when every thing else is great can create huge abandonment issues.
They have done enough brain scans to know that trauma and abuse changes the brain.
As far as the evil doers doesn't seem like they understand very much. And it is a shame that some in congress and in the media and society are totally ignorant about it and want mandatory treatments and all that and only make the stigma worse. Like jimi said those of us with mental illness are much more likely to have been victims of crime than to commit crime.