I was diagnosed with PTSD about two years ago, resulting from a bad boyfriend and a history of sexual abuse as a child. I have had a history of depression in the past as well as many members of my family. For the last 2 years, since the break-up and all of that my life has been good and mostly drama free.
(History lesson: My mother told me sh had some sort of break down when I was around age 14..so she was like 32..anyhoo)
This past weekend, my mother's youngest sister was taken to an inpatient psych unit, because as my mom described it "she lost it." They are now thinking that it is paranoid schizophrenia..as she was describing delusions and basically saying the world was out to get her.
My aunt never seemed too wierd or anything (kinda ditzy). She has been to school and never really kept a job for too long, but that was about the weirdest I could think of.
I guess I'm just wondering what are the chances that I'm going to suffer the same fate?? My family was fairly healthy environment (I was raised by my dad...OBVIOUSLY!) I just can't get the image of myself being hauled away in a straight jacket out of my head!! What do I do??