"They" say that depression can be inherited. I think it's true. My father had it and so did my grandfather and great-grandfather. My brothers and sister has had it and so do I. I'm not sure of my mother. My mother had mood swings.

I found out only a few years ago that my parents originally didn't want to have kids. So we were "accidents". In thinking back, it's no wonder they acted the way they did. My parents (especially my father) couldn't cope with handling kids. I used to hear them say things like, "having kids ruin your life, our kids are so selfish".

So broken parents can make broken kids.