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Imagine finding out your mom has schizophrenia at age 55

She's kept it from me my entire life. I knew she was a really crummy mom in multiple ways & I knew something was wrong with her but I always made excuses for her in my mind. I can't help but feel very resentful that she never told me she has a serious mental illness. I found out by taking care of her in another state for 3 weeks thinking she had dementia, & she let a "metformin prescribed by a psychiatrist" statement slip. I researched this & know it runs on her dad's side of the family & is prescribed for psychosis/schizophrenia.
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Mental illness comes with a lot of stigma attached to it... maybe she wanted to protect you and herself from that by hiding her illness and the longer it went on, the easier it became???
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@HootyTheNightOwl No, I'm actually very healthy and stable. To be raised by a mentally ill person and not know it is wrong.