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131: What if a psychotic break split your life wide open?

This Is Actually Happening

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My Dad's Mental Illness

My dad had a mental illness and it was raging when I was a little girl. He needed a lot of emotional support from me even though I was five, six, seven years old. Instead of him taking care of me, I felt like I needed to be the parent almost and take care of him and guide him. My mom always called me her angel baby because I was such a good kid. It was just an escape and a way to feel less responsibility.

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