Comments on: Invisible Children: Kids of Mentally Ill Parents Often Overlooked https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/09/17/invisible-children-kids-of-mentally-ill-parents-often-overlooked/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Nadine https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/09/17/invisible-children-kids-of-mentally-ill-parents-often-overlooked/#comment-4464 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:05:00 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=230994#comment-4464 This was my family’s story except that it was my father who was mentally ill, likely an undiagnosed high functioning paranoid schizophrenic. His mental illness was never acknowledged by family members because he was a medical doctor, and they all benefitted from the social status that went along his public image, while sacrificing the wellbeing of my brothers & me.

]]> By: Alice Kenny https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/09/17/invisible-children-kids-of-mentally-ill-parents-often-overlooked/#comment-2109 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:09:33 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=230994#comment-2109 In reply to Charlotte Orth.

Hi Charlotte. Thanks for sharing your childhood experience. It’s wonderful that you are now in a position to help others heal.

]]> By: Charlotte Orth https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/09/17/invisible-children-kids-of-mentally-ill-parents-often-overlooked/#comment-2092 Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:52:52 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=230994#comment-2092 In my family, the women were angry and depressed and the men were alcoholics. My mother was often in such a rage and so abusive that I often thought she would kill me. My father was a weekend drunk and the weekends were the worst time at home. As a young child, I tried to take care of my mother so that she would not be angry or sad. It is no wonder that I became a therapist but it saved my life.

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