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[quote=Anonymous]My mom has a significant mental illness. She was a wonderful mom when I was a little kid, a little flighty, but very fun and loving. I wish I did project swith my kid like she did with me. My hard years with her was when she had very poor psychiatrist care, was inappropriately medicated, I think my dad just tried to ignore that because he felt overwhelmed and out of his depth, everyone else just ignored her very obvious struggles because they were embarrassed or didn't want to shame her. Having mental illness doesn't mean you can't be a good parent, but I would ask your DH and maybe a close friend or relative to be really honest if you seem off. If you ever need to do a partial program or a full in patient program to get a reset, there is no shame in that.[/quote]
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