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[quote=Anonymous]My father's mental illness affected all of us my entire life (bipolar, probably, or possibly borderline personality disorder). He was scary, unpredictable, called us names, etc.. I use to dream about the house burning down and killing him as a child, and when I was older, I just hoped they'd get a divorce (never did). He finally told me when I was in college and taking anti-depressants after recovering from two years of anorexia that he had been on lithium in college. It was the first time it had even occurred to me that there might be an explanation for his behavior (and a genetic component to my own struggles). I was in my mid-twenties before I realized you were supposed to be nice to people who loved you, and in my thirties before I was really able to open up emotionally.[/quote]
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