The Effects Of Mental Illness On A Person 's Life

In the United States there has been increasingly more conversations about mental illnesses. In some cultural communities, it is a taboo to speak about mental illness. This needs to change. More discussion on mental illnesses can help people get the treatment they need. Discrimination against the mentally ill needs to stop as well. The more discrimination people with mental illnesses face, the less likely they will be to interact with society which can potentially worsen their mental state. The absences of fathers and father figures is an ongoing issue which some predict might not slow down any time soon. The research previously mentioned comes to a general consensus that the absence of fathers and father figures are taking a toll on the lives of young children which can affect them later on in life. With that being said, it is important that present fathers maintain the relationships they currently have with their children and that mothers find a well-equipped person to be a father figure in their children

Mattejat and Remschmidt wrote that the probability of a particular mental illness is higher when a biological parent has the same condition. The lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia is about 1% in the general population, but more than ten times higher if a parent suffers from the disease. (2008).

During Janet’s childhood, she had exhibited several episodes of eccentric behavior but was supported and enabled by her parents. Now without

Through the months of September and October I had three meetings with a local woman, AA and her two sons, CG and HG. When we first spoke to arrange our meetings, we had decided to look into her asthma and how that affected her life and her family. As our first visit progressed, I realized that her struggles with mental health seem to have a much bigger effect on her life and family. AA has lived with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem for her entire life. She never lived with her father and was mistreated by her mother until moving in full time with her grandmother at the age of twelve. As shown in the Genogram, AA’s mother has an undiagnosed mental illness; this is speculation on AA’s part because she always assumed that her mother was suffering from something, which would have lead to the harsh treatment of her daughter.

Over a 100 years later a 34 years old women named Felicia boots, a mother of two children aged 9 weeks old and 14 months old. Eight months after moving to london Felicia conceived her second child and decided to stop taking her anti depressants so breastfeeding would not affect the child. Her family had a long string of mental illness with

Lori Schiller’s story of her struggles battling mental illness is frightening yet inspiring. Lori’s childhood was incredibly normal if not better than the norm. She grew up in a very affluent, wealthy family that were also very loving and supporting. Lori was also a straight A student that was accepted to some of the best universities in the country. Many people have the notion that mental illness only happens to children from bad families or the homeless but Lori proves that stereotype

My journey to motherhood has not always been an easy one. Two years of unexplained infertility is very difficult to go through. I have had many ups and downs along the way. I had undergone many fertility test. I always got the same answers from my doctors. Every doctor I had gone to said they had no idea why but I just couldn’t get pregnant. The doctors called it “Unexplained Infertility”. I often wondered why I couldn’t be a mother. I wondered, had I done something so bad in life that I needed to be punished for? I asked myself many questions as I fought thru the tears and heartbreak.

This particular audio clip deals with a couple Karen and Don, who had previous genetic tests done that revealed that Don was a carrier for a certain genetic trait that causes retardation. They did not say what trait he was a carrier for just that he was a carrier. Then fast forward, the couple learns there are pregnant and because Don is a carrier for a particular trait I am assuming a well-known cause of mental retardation, they had an Amniocentesis performed to see if the baby had any genetic defects. At this point, I have to assume that both the mother and the father were carriers of this genetic defect. Anyhow, they discovered that the baby had an extra chromosome and would be mentally handicapped. They made a decision that they said was right for them to terminate the baby. Karen felt this made other people uncomfortable and they never talked about what they had done. Essentially, she felt all alone since she did go through a traumatic and difficult experience, but others were afraid to talk about it with her, which I felt she desperately needed to talk to others about it.

Mary has a history of depression, crying spells, lack of mot8ivation, feeling hopeless and helpless. Her symptoms began during her teen years. After her father’s death her relationship with her mother became distant. Shortly after, she decided to move out with her paternal aunt. ”. Mary denied any history of mental illness in her family besides her father. Her father was never diagnosed but may have struggled with her similar diagnosis. Her father’s symptoms consisted of depression and thoughts of someone following him. As a result, her father stopped working, which affected her family financially. Her mother had to take on the role of the sole breadwinner. Mary reported feeling unsure around her parents because “they always were more concerned

Early in Shawna’s pregnancy she was she was in a state of relative equilibrium. She certainly had a great deal to contend with, but she was showing that she is capable and resilient. Shawna had a history of non-compliance with medical care related to both her mental illness and her chronic disease. She admitted to utilizing avoidance as a primary coping mechanism during the prior crisis. The pregnancy had caused her to make some progress in

Additional secondary problems that are discussed towards the parents include the following. Understanding that the “psychotherapist can unwittingly be put in the position of speculating about the fitness of the parents, which is something well beyond the scope of the treatment and perhaps beyond the scope of the clinician’s skill set, putting the clinician in ethical jeopardy as well.”

My sister isn’t the only case my family has had with mental issues. I had an aunt growing up with Pschitzophrina and Multiple Personality Disorder. My oldest nephew has ADHD. Three of my younger nieces have Bi Polar and I also have a young nephew who has the same disease. My mother also babysat for a long time and she had a lot of children who had mental issues.

Another mother, Chloe, did not have genetic testing done in her first pregnancy because she told herself there would be no point because abortion was not an option. The second pregnancy, however, something was different. Chloe had been gaining extra weight, and there were small signs of Down syndrome. Her midwife suggested that she have prenatal genetic tests done. The hard part came when the positive results came back. Neither Chloe nor her partner wanted their unborn son Tommy to live with any disabilities or struggles. Due to the diagnosis and after much consideration, they made the decision to terminate the pregnancy at nineteen weeks. Chloe said it was the most heart-wrenching experience of her life. Even with the support and love of friends and

Poor emotional health and jealousy: When being told my husband and I had a 2% chance of conceiving without infertility treatments, I knew we were in for a bumpy road. Looking back, I wish the road was just bumpy, instead of the massive boulders that constantly crushed my emotional health. The longer our battle with infertility remained, the lesser able I was to savor the great things and enjoy the fun in life. I had reached the lowest point I had ever been in my life. I was consumed by sadness and had to consciously work on being happy. I was extremely bitter and jealous of any woman with a growing belly or a new baby.

Two blue lines. I knew then that I was pregnant. After being told I couldn’t have kids and tying for three years. This was a blessing or two. I was happy and scared. Now to tell family and friends the news. How would they act, happy, mad, over joyed. These was no telling. As a new mother I wanted everything to be perfect. Always in back of my mind was to have a healthy and safe pregnancy and baby. But with my history I was considered high risk.