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Embarrassment Print E-mail
Written by Tracey   
I was so pleased to see a website for children of the mentally ill. After reading some of the letters, some of which resemble my own upbringing, I just had to write. My Mother had schizophrenia for 34 years until her death in 1996. I am 42 now. The oldest of 3 children.
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Globalization Print E-mail
Written by Jack   
Hi
Thank you for responding to my email. I have a relative who has been ill. I sometimes don't fully understand this illness. However, I do know the effects it has on lives. It was great to read your website and find that there are others who have endured this illness. Is your organization limited to Australia or is it global?
Jack
USA

Well Jack we are global, from Australia anyway, and soon to launch the 'World Organisation of Young People and Others Who have a Mentally Ill Parent' WAYMI internet site.
 Paul NNAAMI
 
We are important too Print E-mail
Written by Christine   
I recently saw your website on adolescent children of schizophrenics, and I was relieved to see that there is an organization like this out there.
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Hey, Great Help Print E-mail
Written by Jaz   
Heyya,

I think its really great that NNAAMI exists, especially for kids who are still trapped in that environment. it is so vital for them to be able to express the frustration and fear that they feel in an environment where that act is not alienating.

after a while u start to take it for granted that no one will ever understand how it feels.
Jaz
Australia
 
Love and Loss Print E-mail
Written by Joanne   

I Did everything possible to make it work, I feel like the ghost of his mother

Hello again Paul,
Thanks for your message. In case this is of interest or help to you: I am deeply in love with (and married to) a brilliant and gifted man who grew up with a schizophrenic mother. Our relationship has always been difficult, and last spring he told me he didn't want me in his life anymore. We had been living in UK, where he is living still.
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I was incredibly over protected as a child and very severely disciplined

I was incredibly over protected as a child and very severely disciplined for any act that my mother perceived to be making her look bad.

somehow my dad came across this website and suggested I have a look at it. I have been reading the posts in the forum and even just the subject headings sound like they came straight out of my own life.

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