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Thank your replies and the resource (Dr. Nadine Burke Harris). I will read her article. Yes, parental paranoid schizophrenia wreaks havoc, affecting every area of child development. And, I agree that this type of childhood adversity is regularly overshadowed by more physical forms of child maltreatment.

Thank you all for the warm welcome. I will reveal more over time. I must dip my toes in the water before jumping in head first. I would love to connect with other people who have grown up with mothers who had schizophrenia—just cracking open a door here to peek through and see what happens. Trust issues and all that, you know?

Hello. I stumbled upon this website while I was educating myself about Complex PTSD. I am relieved to know there is a place where I can learn more about the topic and connect with people who have similar experiences. If only I had learned about this website earlier. Like many others who come here, I have a complicated history. I grew up in a family with a solid history of intergenerational trauma. My mother struggled with improperly treated paranoid schizophrenia; although my father was part of my family, he was mostly unavailable. My goal while here is to learn as much as possible to find the most appropriate treatment if it exists--something that has eluded me for decades.