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My sister suffered from this disease for 10 years, she was in a psychiatric hospital. My mother was treated for vegetative neurosis for many years, but she did not take any medications. The father was an alcoholic. I am traumatized, I suffer from depression, and I am treating myself from neurosis. It often happens to me - especially in the course of emotions - that I talk to myself, move my lips unconsciously, and make faces (which was even noticed by my children). Is it possible that I have a hereditary predisposition to mental illness and may I also develop schizophrenia? Should I start treatment in this direction so that it won't be too late?
Please don't worry. Such behavior is common and is not a sign of any harm. Schizophrenia is something more serious, and it's good to know that such a diagnosis does not prove anything, is a myth. Certain people can get sick very differently or only occasionally. Some predispositions to disorders can be inherited, which - if they do occur - are usually not a copy of the parental ones, but fall within a broader spectrum. We all have hereditary predispositions to various disorders, in order for them to manifest themselves, there must be various conditions, not only genetic, but also environmental and situational. Regards!
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Tomasz JaroszewskiSecond degree psychiatrist
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