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[quote=Anonymous]1. What's your role in your family? Does that change during times of crisis? 2. What's your relationship like with your family member? With your parents and siblings? 3. How have you protected your marriage and children from the chaos? 4. Do you worry about one of your children inheriting the disorder? I have an adult sibling with severe mental health issues which have resulted in him being hospitalized several times a year because he stops his medication once he feels "better". This has destroyed my family. My parents lives are completely focused on him and they have sacrificed everything to try to make him better. I used to have the caretaker role but it was unhealthy and causing me to fail as a wife and mother. Now I am distanced from it but it doesn't stop me from feeling sorry for everyone involved and mourn the close relationships I once had.[/quote]
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