When I was younger, I managed to transform myself, to be stronger and more patient, so that I could be a custodian of her dreams. Somewhere in the process of my own maturation, I realized that obfuscating my own happiness for hers would never end happily for either of us. My identity constantly shifted because of her, oscillating between the two halves of me — the one that was trying to please her and the one that was trying to live.
-Fariha Roisin
Parent with Mental Illness
What it means
Did you know?
Approximately 68% of women and 57% of men with mental health problems are parents.
Many children will grow up with a parent who, at some point, will have some degree of mental illness.
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Children may find it very difficult to talk about their parent's illness or their problems especially when they have had no explanation of their illness.
This may stop them from getting help.
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TV Shows
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Songs
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Podcasts
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