Posted by violette on August 28, 2010, at 13:18:45
In reply to Failure to thrive as a child and mental illness?, posted by Deneb on August 27, 2010, at 19:45:15
Deneb,
I highly doubt your were born 'defective'. Nutrition can affect mental health, but from what you've said in the past about your mother, I think her mental health issues may have had an adverse affect on your mental health as an adult.
Not that I'd base this opinion on my personal experience only, (but more or less attachment theory/object relations) but fwiw-I was a quiet, pleasant baby and have plenty of mental health problems myself.
I don't believe there is something fundamentally bad about you, nor do I think your mental health is your fault in any way.
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