KatkCasual Contributor
Schizophrenia
Hi everyone
just joined and am new to this. I probably should have joined many years ago. I’m hoping this is the right place to come to talk about how I feel. Right now it’s butterflies and despair. I ve been dealing with a parent that was diagnosed with schizophrenia when I was 10 years old not that it was explained to me properly back then. My mum has schizophrenia where she has become very religious but has also become very racist at the same time. Even though she’s on medication she’s still pretty bad. So my main issue is that I married a man that has black in his background, 2 beautiful children and 25 years later and yes my mum has pretended to accept them, but she still doesn’t. She still has her own imaginary world that I’m married to a white man (someone else) and my children don’t exist. I am currently staying with my mum while dads in hospital for an operation. She can’t be left alone because she may just walk up the street to meet her imaginary boyfriend. But we had a bit of a heated discussion tonight where she admitted to not liking her grandchildren because of who they are and that I shouldn’t be with my husband because he’s black. I know I am supposed to understand that it’s mental health. But what about my mental health?Right now I’m feeling broken and just want to leave but I know I can’t. There’s no one else. I’m hoping for some advice from others that have possibly been through something similar