Like borderline personality; bi-polar disorder? I also wonder the same about alcohol and drug-use?
2006-09-21 13:44:36 · 14 answers · asked by Jenintn 5 in Health ➔ Mental Health
ok, Im not a man, and it's not myself Im worried about, it's my nephew Im raising. His mother has mental illness, and his father is and alcohol/drug abuser.
2006-09-21 14:29:25 · update #1
Everyone in my family has that, except me. I survived a life-changing experience that make me really appreciate life & kind of go down a one-way street now.
My dad was smoking marijuana & stuff before he got married, I think my mom did the same. My brother, I know he did some since I was there (he is my twin brother so we had a lot of the same friends in highschool).
My sister just has it & she has been drug free, I think light on the alcohol.
My parents, my brother & my sister all have bi-polar. My uncle is a freak & always drunk (he thought nobody saw he was drinking quite a lot of beer at Thanksgiving). I think my cousin is bi-polar just b/c of the way she looks & acts. Everybody in my immediate family has it under control, except my sister (I really feel bad for her).
I think it runs in the family.
2006-09-21 13:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Nick 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes 95% Of Mental Illness Are Inherited ( I Read It On A Phanflet At Mental Health)
2016-03-27 01:31:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The disease itself is not inherited but the tendancy for it sure is., including alcholism & drug abuse. That part is called addictive personality. Just as a matter of note, when I was expecting my children, almost everyone smoked & a good number also drank if only at a party. We did not know the dangers. I had social drinks with all my pregnancies & smoked a pack a day with my last one. They (nor anyone else's babies) were born with withdrawal syptoms of any kind. I'm not condoning it now but just saying how it was. I've known people with very addictive personalities whose children didn't inherit it & others who have. Luck of the draw I guess.
2006-09-21 14:01:05 · answer #3 · answered by mazell41 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, almost all of those you mentioned can be inherited man...so you have to keep strong and be your own person. The main reason of inhertiance through those kind of things are from you seeing and watching. You must be your own person. As for diseases, those are traits found in your genes and like bi-polar disease, diabetes, high cholestorol...that all runs in your family...see a doctor if you think you are any of the above man. Just remember...you are normal and everyone has problems like that.
2006-09-21 13:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by santeyclause 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes its in the genes and for the other 2. Its possible to make your children more likely to do those things. Ive also heard of cases of people who smoke and drink with a baby in the woumb the children come out with withdrawls.
2006-09-21 13:49:59 · answer #5 · answered by SS4 Elby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Its sad but those things are usually inherited. I know my cousings family has a history and I can totally see it passing down.
2006-09-21 13:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by A* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alcohol and drugs no that is your choice. but the mental end of it is inherited I inherited adhd, dpression anxiety, and paranoiaskitzophrenia from my parents.
2006-09-21 13:48:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it is believed they are there is a lot of research being done saying that it is inherited, not all mental illnesses has been proven, but there are strong links showing it is
2006-09-21 13:49:05 · answer #8 · answered by Coconuts 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very much!! I have bipolar and so did my grandmother and her mother and brother!! So is alcohol and drug abuse!!
2006-09-21 13:47:34 · answer #9 · answered by bitch_sweets 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, definitely, but in the end it is up to that person to choose wheather they are a druggie or drunk.
2006-09-21 13:47:23 · answer #10 · answered by Tiny Dancer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋