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My cousin has depression and it makes me feel sad for him, and it makes it really difficult for him to get his life together.

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My grandfather suffered from Alzheimers so he didn’t know who anyone was for the last 6 months of his life

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Some of my family members suffer with depression and ed.

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Few of my family members suffered with a mental disorder and reverted to drugs to help them cope.

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My uncle suffers from substance abused and it has greatly affected my family because of the way he acts.

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My aunt suffers from an eating disorder and it’s hard to get her so stressed out and sad especially since I love her so much. I suffer from major anxiety and when I do not sleep or eat it impares my ability to function and to feel normal

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My grandpa and grandma divorced after 50 years of marriage and my grandma turned to alcohol and being isolated in pursuit of comfort. She became an alcoholic and has social anxiety. I think having to be by herself to get to know people hit her hard. It really hurt my mom because she wanted to help. We took her to therapy and it seemed to have helped. She is now a recovering alcoholic, but she still deals with social anxiety. She is getting better with being social and my family and I are very proud of her. My family and I are very careful with alcohol intake because the majority of my mom’s side of the family are alcoholics. 

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My grandpa and grandma divorced after 50 years of marriage and my grandma turned to alcohol and being isolated in pursuit of comfort. She became an alcoholic and has social anxiety. I think having to be by herself to get to know people hit her hard. It really hurt my mom because she wanted to help. We took her to therapy and it seemed to have helped. She is now a recovering alcoholic, but she still deals with social anxiety. She is getting better with being social and my family and I are very proud of her. My family and I are very careful with alcohol intake because the majority of my mom’s side of the family are alcoholics. 

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I suffer from depression and it makes me struggle with everyday activity’s like getting up and going to school, feeling motivated to do anything even getting out of bed. After getting help I am much better but some days my depression can be triggered and it’s really difficult to block those emotions out.

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Nobody in my family has a mental illness.

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My dad’s side of the family suffers from depression.

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When my aunt was a teenager she suffered from multiple eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia because she had really bad body image disorder. I also have body image problems which leads to me sometimes skipping meals and then feeling bad if I do eat which leads to me feeling sad and also being moody and mean to others when I obviously don’t want to.

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My cousin had a mental disorder after a breakup. I wasn’t able to see her for a long time. After a while I was able to visit her which made both of us happy. Now she is married to a really nice guy and I was able to be apart of their wedding.

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My cousin had a mental disorder after a breakup. I wasn’t able to see her for a long time. After a while I was able to visit her which made both of us happy. Now she is married to a really nice guy and I was able to be apart of their wedding.

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I’ve seen mental illness effect the lives of people around me through depression and social anxiety.

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One of my family members has depression

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My cousin has bi polar and depression. I did not really know him when I was younger. He had a drug problem which counteracted with his depression. He has been in the hospital several times and he is now on medication and sober. It makes the family sad because you want to help, but can’t. Plus, there was not a lot of communication during his lowest times.

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Multiple members of my family have dealt with substance abuse specifically alcohol and maybe a few other things I may not know about. This caused them to lose motivation to find work forcing them down the depression rabbit hole. Eventually they all figure it out but sometimes they never do come out of that hole. I would say that it affected me by not wanting to indulge in those things at least not as often as they did. Some would say they were a bad influence or at the time they were but really it just inspired me to not be like them.

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My cousin was diagnosed with depression. The cousin began to eat a lot and became overweight. It affected her family greatly because the obesity gauged her level of depression. Therefore they are always aware of what my cousin does now.

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I have seen mental illness in my life through my friends and family. It affects their days when it’s hard to get up in the morning and relationships. Some of my friends struggle in school and sometimes their social life. I have seen people very close to me deal with eating disorders, depression, and anxiety. But sometimes being there for my friends and family when they’re struggling makes us closer.

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Many of my friends and I suffer with an eating disorder and they struggle with acceptance of them self, eating in public, and also struggle with some anxiety. It’s hard for them to love their bodies, and many days they go hungry.

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Mental illness has affected my family in various ways. I’ve seen it through anxiety and depression. Especially through COVID, my extended family has takin extreme precautions against this virus, but I believe it is affecting my younger cousins and even my aunt due to the loneliness and the fact that they are staying home.

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I know a lot of people ADHD. They have trouble focusing in school and cant learn as easy or keep calm in certain situations. I don’t know of any mental illnesses in my family, no dementia or Alzheimer’s.