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Originally Posted by LiteraryLark
Another thing, I choose not to sterilize because I am not sure I am okay with adopting. I heard those with mental illness have difficulty in adopting.
Also, genes are just factors, not an absolute. My grandmother, who has bipolar, had my dad and my aunt and neither have any form of mental illness. On my mother's side, many of my relatives are alcoholics and addicts, but no one in my immediate family are alcoholics or addicts. My brother has no form of mental illness. I see my mental illness as a beautiful thing, it makes me unique and although it is hard at times to manage, I do manage and I do consider myself a survivor, and if I were to pass on my bipolar, it would not be the end of the world. Life's too short to deny miracles.
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I've never heard of that, at all.
I'm just going to be flat out honest, I think that's extremely selfish of you that you think passing on your bipolar is ok. As someone who's suffered from it, you should know the absolute hell a mental illness is. Its often not a quality life, and you'd willingly force that onto to someone. Sure it's not absolute that it would happen, but if it did it has the potential to ruin a life. Also in my opinion, there is nothing beautiful about a mental illness. Mental illness is agony. You are unique and beautiful as a whole, not because of your illness... I apologize if I offend you, but that is something I protest to the fullest.
Either way, no kids for me lmao, they aren't miracles, they're biology.