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Nov 27, 2020, 12:28 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by woodsy1
Hiya @ BethRags,
So sorry you can't seem to get a satisfying response regarding your great aunt. Sounds like a fascinating life story. Maybe some day you will discover more about her.
I've got quite a bit of mental health conditions in my family. Mostly a lot of depression. Mom. Aunt's. Mom's brothers were both alcoholics. Mom's son and daughter from a previous marriage both suffer with depression. The daughter with something else but I'm not sure what.
Dad suffered from alcoholism, depression, paranoia, anxiety, maybe PTSD, maybe NPD. One of his brothers, alcoholism. One likely Social Anxiety Disorder.
Then there's me. I'm a hot mess! C-PTSD, MDD, GAD, Social Anxiety Disorder, etc. All refractory to treatment.
It seems mental health concerns run in families and maybe get worse through the generations?
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Thank you for your comment about my great aunt. I have tried to contact the psych hospital she was in (it's a very large hospital, still functioning in some capacity in Queens, New York)...they just never respond. But I think that if someday I can get to the library in that neighborhood there are historical records of the hospital.
My hope is that it's not that mental illness is worse as the generations, but that more people are reaching out for help with mental health problems.
I'm so sorry that your symptoms are refractory. It's rough enough to have mental health challenges, let alone ones that are difficult to treat. 
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