mentel health

[angel.eyes...]

would you say a ED wether its ana/ mia/ ednos are all mental illnesses.

if u say yes, do u have anybody else in your family that has a mentel illness. i am not just talking a ED i mean any mental illness, i am wondering if a mental illness runs in families and if there all the same type or different.

i am just curious xxx

[rowyn]

yes

family:

depression
disordered eating
anxiety
aspergers
addiction issues
personality disorders

[Static]

I think the predisposition of mental illness for people with eating disorders is really common. In any case, I definitely am-- my father has major depressive disorder, suffers alcoholism, and some things I don't know the details of as well, and, well, my mother's a sociopath. Hah.
I think, further than genetics, the effect of a parent being mentally ill could push eating disorder tendencies as well. But then, I have my own list a mile long of disorders.

[Starving-Beauty]

yes my brother whos 20 4 years my senior has depression and physchousis how ever you spell it it makes him think he can say things n get all physco and that :S


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[LostCause]

Bipolar disorder runs on my moms side and schizophrenia runs on my dad's side. And i am bipolar and schizoaffective. However i am the only one in my family that has been diagnosed with eating disorders and ocd. I was also dxed with ptsd but thats not a hereditary disorder.

[cksummer]

i definitely think EDs are mental illnesses, but i think they involve lots of issues, not just eating- like definitely DEPRESSION, perfectionism, wanting to control something in your life, feeling insecure, etc.

i had severe depression a few years ago. after going to a psychiatrist for a year, i recovered, but i still struggle with it every now and then. i'm pretty sure depression runs in my family a little bit. i think my mom has OCD tendencies as well.
most anorexics are perfectionists i think, Type A personality.

[anonomousmia]

none of my immediate family have had any mental illness, apart from an auntie who got manic depression and went a bit crazy and had to go inpatient for a while.

So yes, it can be in your genetics but doesn't have to be x

[Wish]

I understand ED's as a mental illness but no one in my family has ever admitted to a mental illness, although I had depression on and off for a few years, although i think that was liked to mia.

[markfinn]

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[Beckytea]

your temperament (personality you're born with) characteristics can regulate whether or not you have any mental illnesses, which is generally inherited, so it can often run in families, but not always :)

[kayteefatso]

my dad has depression and bipolar.. and he was addicted to pills and booze
my mom has anxiety
my sister used to have ocd
my cousins have adhd, autism and Aspergers
and then theres me. i could make a whole list of my issues lol

[celine]

yes eating disorders and depressions run in my family.
my cousin has bulimia and her mum (my aunt) had anorexia when she was younger plus she is depressed since she was 12 my cousin i depressed aswell, im depressed and have bulimia, my mum is depressed aswell i think

[MandieV]

yes they are mental illnesses. What mentally healthy person would do what we do? I also have depression and suspect a couple other things but am the only person in my family with mental health problems. Some of my family members don't have the best coping skills but they don't have mental disorders. It makes me wonder why I am different from the rest of my family.

[jessiejay]

I believe it is. My mother suffers from depression and anxiety. She has never admitted it but I believe she was abusing laxatives at one time.