Thank you for this. I experienced the same type of childhood having a mother with bipolar. At the time we were not told much and were blamed by our father because he must have been overwhelmed with having to find care for all of the children. This happened several times throughout our childhood. Most of all there was no help for the family, for the children. It is so sad. We all were affected by this and now at an old age, I have given up on the family because none of us stayed close or really able to communicate honestly together. It was a hard childhood and I never knew before I had my own children that perhaps I could have used some help, but I just did my best. Makes me so sad that there was no one to step in and offer help for the children. It’s shameful. I have anxiety myself and probably who knows what else. I’m almost 65 years old now. The children had to deal with it all and we never learned to honor or siblings. I feel it was so difficult and embarrassing and I often tried to protect my mother when I would notice her having trouble at times. Just hard times.
Thank you for this. I experienced the same type of childhood having a mother with bipolar. At the time we were not told much and were blamed by our father because he must have been overwhelmed with having to find care for all of the children. This happened several times throughout our childhood. Most of all there was no help for the family, for the children. It is so sad. We all were affected by this and now at an old age, I have given up on the family because none of us stayed close or really able to communicate honestly together. It was a hard childhood and I never knew before I had my own children that perhaps I could have used some help, but I just did my best. Makes me so sad that there was no one to step in and offer help for the children. It’s shameful. I have anxiety myself and probably who knows what else. I’m almost 65 years old now. The children had to deal with it all and we never learned to honor or siblings. I feel it was so difficult and embarrassing and I often tried to protect my mother when I would notice her having trouble at times. Just hard times.