Hi all,
Unsure if this is the right forum--if it's not, hopefully the mods can correct.
I was wondering if it's common for folks who grew up with a severely schizophrenic parent to have C-PTSD? Are there other folks here who experienced something like that?
I actually had 3 folks in my immediate family with schizophrenia (mother, grandmother, and aunt), with my mother being the worst. Due to how bad it was with my mom, even when she took her meds, I ended up shuffled to living with my aunt in the 90s, who was also schizophrenic (but milder--she wasn't on disability and could hold down a job). And my aunt's husband at the time was abusive--he actually seems like he was a narcissist (not that he'd ever let anyone diagnose him!) And he was definitely taking advantage of my aunt's illness to mistreat her and me. Her physically, verbally, emotionally, and financially, and me emotionally/verbally/financially.
So I've sort of been thinking that growing up with my mother previously, and her unpredictable screaming fits at demons and ghosts, might have primed me for C-PTSD, because I had to be so vigilant to escape her screaming episodes, then the abusive uncle following up in my teens with verbal/emotional abuse sort of solidified it by being actively malignant instead of merely neglectful/inconsistent/loud.
But I'm curious if there's folks who "only" grew up with a severely schizophrenic parent who end up with these C-PTSD symptoms too?
And for anyone that did, did they (as a child, while still in the situation) have "meltdowns" where the stress of dealing with someone that unpredictable caused them to...well, basically melt down in tears/shouting in return? Like, are stress-meltdowns a thing for kids growing up in a situation like this?
Unsure if this is the right forum--if it's not, hopefully the mods can correct.
I was wondering if it's common for folks who grew up with a severely schizophrenic parent to have C-PTSD? Are there other folks here who experienced something like that?
I actually had 3 folks in my immediate family with schizophrenia (mother, grandmother, and aunt), with my mother being the worst. Due to how bad it was with my mom, even when she took her meds, I ended up shuffled to living with my aunt in the 90s, who was also schizophrenic (but milder--she wasn't on disability and could hold down a job). And my aunt's husband at the time was abusive--he actually seems like he was a narcissist (not that he'd ever let anyone diagnose him!) And he was definitely taking advantage of my aunt's illness to mistreat her and me. Her physically, verbally, emotionally, and financially, and me emotionally/verbally/financially.
So I've sort of been thinking that growing up with my mother previously, and her unpredictable screaming fits at demons and ghosts, might have primed me for C-PTSD, because I had to be so vigilant to escape her screaming episodes, then the abusive uncle following up in my teens with verbal/emotional abuse sort of solidified it by being actively malignant instead of merely neglectful/inconsistent/loud.
But I'm curious if there's folks who "only" grew up with a severely schizophrenic parent who end up with these C-PTSD symptoms too?
And for anyone that did, did they (as a child, while still in the situation) have "meltdowns" where the stress of dealing with someone that unpredictable caused them to...well, basically melt down in tears/shouting in return? Like, are stress-meltdowns a thing for kids growing up in a situation like this?