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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand why disliking someone or the situation in which you happen to be through no fault of your own is suddenly a mental health issue. [/quote]

Because OP said "I have been encouraging him to get them mental health help". And because they were raised by a mom with a serious mental health problem and now her problem is so bad that she has no custody and not much visiting time. That really places a stress on a child. It's not just that they dislike it, it's that they've been through a traumatic experience which is ongoing. [/quote]

They weren't raised by her.  They had a divorce early because she refused treatment for her own mental health and she left, not wanting custody because she didn't want it/didn't want to work for it.  She currently only visits a couple times a week (does dinner, pickups etc.)[/quote]

Ok, that still sounds like a difficult experience for them to go through, and it's been going on for years and years. And there's still the hereditary risk. You can't describe his ex as having a serious mental health problems and not wanting to parent her kids, and then say they haven't been through trauma. That's what trauma means.[/quote]

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