Guest guest Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Yes, I'd agree with that. I developed stuff like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a 9 year old which I still struggle with today, recently have been thru the gamut with cervical cancer issues, polycycstic ovaries, migraines..... Its our bodies way of coping with the stress of normal not ACTUALLY being normal I think R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Eloise, I don't have any research to back it up, but I think the constant strain of always having to walk on eggshells produces tremendous stress. And in order to walk on those eggshells, a lot of anger and other emotions (not to mention the stress) is internalized. I have read that people who rarely show anger wind up with strokes or heart attacks later in life. It's like the volcano finally explodes. I have had low blood sugar since I was 19 -- I'm 46 now. Is it attributable to living with a nada who has BPD? I don't know. But I would think that the stress that all of us are under is bound to manifest itself in physical symptoms. Think of having to always defend yourself against the accusations that your BPD parent makes. That alone is very stressful. Now multiply that over your lifetime (or whenever the symptoms of your nada or fada's BPD started to appear), and you see how it all adds up. Miki > Someone wrote, and I've heard it before, too, that people who grow up > with BPD parents have more chronic illnesses than people who don't. > Does anyone know more about this? I ask because starting about > thirteen years ago, I came down with Graves autoimmune thyroid disease > and ever since, I've had one thing after another. > > Anyway, I'd like to hear what you all have to say. > > Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Hi Eloise, A few weeks ago, (before you joined the group), we had this discussion. It seems that a lot of us have a lot of environmental allergies / chemical sensitivities. I am allergic to just about everything under the sun - even shampoo. I have chronic allergies and eczema. I can't eat seeded fruit, especially apples, b/c I break out in boils and apples make my throat close up. I can't go anywhere near a cat without not being able to breathe the next day. I can't sit next to a fax machine or a printer because of the chemicals in the ink. Blah blah blah blah...I could go on all day with this. A family doctor once asked me if I was breast fed. I found out from nada that I wasn't. Nada told me that at 6 months she was giving me the bottle and I actually took it from her hand and flung it across the room. My family doctor had told me that there is something in mother's milk that enhances the immune system. Interesting, isn't it? I'm sorry to hear about your thyroid disease, but can understand the possible FOO connection. I also notice, that when I get depressed or guilty from nada, or in situations that remind me of nada, I like to eat too much. I think that thru nada we were taught to not enjoy our lives and to feel guilty for being happy, healthy and alive. So, on some inner sub or unconsicous level, we make ourselves sick to please nada. (That's just my new hypothesis.) It's really nada that is sick. And even if I were to make myself sick, she would not give me the motherly compassion that I missed when I was young. -Lula --- eloiseat6 wrote: > Someone wrote, and I've heard it before, too, that > people who grow up > with BPD parents have more chronic illnesses than > people who don't. > Does anyone know more about this? I ask because > starting about > thirteen years ago, I came down with Graves > autoimmune thyroid disease > and ever since, I've had one thing after another. > > Anyway, I'd like to hear what you all have to say. > > Thanks. > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 I have a number of chronic illnesses and have had more surgeries than I care to count. Never occurred to me that it could be related to BPD parents. I guess the long term effects of living under that kind of stress would have a negative physical impact on your body. What is so sad is that I have found that I did not even realize how badly I had been affected until my environment changed and I no longer had to live with my adrenaline constantly pumping. Peace was an abnormal state. I was so accustomed to living in a constant state of " fight or flight " that the only rest I got was when I was sick. Makes you think. Carol I. eloiseat6 wrote: > Someone wrote, and I've heard it before, too, that people who grow up > with BPD parents have more chronic illnesses than people who don't. > Does anyone know more about this? I ask because starting about > thirteen years ago, I came down with Graves autoimmune thyroid disease > and ever since, I've had one thing after another. > > Anyway, I'd like to hear what you all have to say. > > Thanks. > > > > > > > Send questions and/or concerns to ModOasis-owner > " Stop Walking on Eggshells, " a primer for non-BPs, can be ordered via > 1-888-35-SHELL () and for the table of contents, go to: > http://www.BPDCentral.com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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