I was adopted. My parents,(my mom is still alive). Both were teachers and raised by script thinking authoritarian mindsets. Boys don't cry, you do things this way, you obey and that is it. Well I was too young to understand what I do know. I know they were doing what they thought was best for me. But far too many parents see children as clay or property to be trained rather than individuals. Combine that with my sensitivity, dorkyness and being bullied and not having my first friend until highschool, I had lots of emotional problems.
Fast forward to 96 when I found my biological family, alot of my own behaviors made sense to me. Anxiety and depression certainly run in our family. There is still far too much stigma attached to mental illness. The pressure to succeed, lack of livable wages, gender rolls play a part to social problems. We don't do enough as a society to allow those who have problems to feel comfortable to talk about it.
Fast forward to 96 when I found my biological family, alot of my own behaviors made sense to me. Anxiety and depression certainly run in our family. There is still far too much stigma attached to mental illness. The pressure to succeed, lack of livable wages, gender rolls play a part to social problems. We don't do enough as a society to allow those who have problems to feel comfortable to talk about it.
