Do you hate yourself for having bad genes?

Like carrying genetic illness that runs in your family. No one wants their children having illness, right? How do you cope the feeling when finding out your child's illness?
Have ever occured in your thoughts that you feel like you don't deserve or scared to procreate?

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NotJamieM · 51-55, M

When I was a child, they thought I had a pretty nasty autoimmune disease based on my having a number of the indicators. My parents must have been scared but they kept up a positive front. I of course, being me, looked it up and found out that most with that disease would die in a truly awful fashion around age 30.

Fortunately, since I'm still here, it appears I was misdiagnosed.