My wife and I are expecting our first child in late September. We both are very exicted as we have been waiting for this mircale for a year and a half. My biggest fear is that my child will get my mental illness traits and also my additive traits. I would not wish either one of those on my worse enemy nevermind having the chance of passing it to my own child. I am just wondering what the chances are for passing this on.
Dear Chris,
mental illness can bee a curse and a gift. It is all up to you. If you think the way that you do and your child has bipolar for example it may be a negative. But if you open your mind and accept your child as she/he may be than you open the door to possibilities. Many great artists and scientists have had mental illness.
If you give your child love than he will grow strong mental illness or not. {Personally if I was to have a child with bipolar for example I would be happy because I know that I would teach my son not only to cope with it but to thrive with it and used for good. In this case bipolar is a gift.
I am multitalented and gifted in many ways. I thank God for having given me bipolar for without it I would not be the same person.
Hey Chris,
Congrats on the new arrival coming your way in September. You bring up a question that many do think about when considering to bring a child into this world. With the way science is going I fear that if there is any form of an imperfection found in the womb, that the child will end being aborted because of it.
Here is the answer…yes there is a chance that it maybe passed down but there is as great if not greater chance that it will not. I though long & hard, and ended up bring two children into this world. Both are in their mid twenties and neither shows any signs of the illness.
Welcome to the world of parenting… a life long sentence. You are now part of the elites in that if you survive raising your child or children till they leave home and still have your brain intact…you will have done something right.
You need to change your focus and start looking forward to September. I can tell you from experience that you are going to have your emotions all over the place and it is only natural. You need to do everything possible to keep your illness in check…do not let things ride until they get unbalanced and you start to cycle.
Stress is a good incubator to make things flair up and you are going to be under more stress as time goes by. Good luck and we are here rooting for you.
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