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Unhappy Both parents have a mental illness..can't cope! - December 5th 2013, 09:55 AM

Didn't know where to post this...

Just needed to let this out somewhere though because I'm getting so stressed and anxious because of my parents :|

My dad has bipolar and my mum has depression...they're impossible to live with! My mum overreacts to things but then my dad can't understand why she's overreacting or realise what she's going through. They moan about each other constantly and it's impossible to please both of them. I've had to comfort my mum so many times when she's hysterical saying she wants to kill herself or leave my dad. Then I have to listen to my dad talk about how he isn't wrong and how my mum overreacts all the time. I know I need to be understanding of them both but it's just so hard! Me, my brother and sister all have anxiety issues and it's definitely partly to do with the stressful environment we live in! Now my mum seems to seriously be thinking about leaving my dad which makes me so anxious. I'd be worried that my dad would do something stupid like stop taking his medication or quit his job if she said she was going to divorce him..and sometimes I'm worried that I'll get home and my mum won't be there.. It's horrible.

We're also tight on money and my mum keeps going on about how we're going to have to sell our house and that my dad is pretending we're alright when we're not. It makes me so anxious!

I just feel like I can't deal with this anymore, I'm constantly anxious/stressed and I wish they'd of divorced ages ago instead of raising us like this


I turn the music up, I got my records on
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song.