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    Default Re: Am I a "Mentally Unfit" Parent

    llworking, that one knows squat. Big shaker of salt every time that one posts.

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    llworking, that one knows squat. Big shaker of salt every time that one posts.
    Sometimes he is on the money, sometimes he is way off. He is approaching way off on the anxiety issue.

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    You don't know much about anxiety orders do you? I could possibly see a slim chance of one causing neglect, but abuse?
    I've known three people closely in my life with anxiety disorders, and two were physically and verbally abusive. One was my mother. I don't know if there are statistics on these types of things, but I'd say chances are more than slim based on that factor alone.

    Of course, I'm not implying that OP is or is not likely to abuse her child.

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    I've known three people closely in my life with anxiety disorders, and two were physically and verbally abusive. One was my mother. I don't know if there are statistics on these types of things, but I'd say chances are more than slim based on that factor alone.

    Of course, I'm not implying that OP is or is not likely to abuse her child.
    If that is the case then I expect that those 2 people didn't merely have anxiety disorders or would have been abusive even without the anxiety disorders.

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    I've known three people closely in my life with anxiety disorders, and two were physically and verbally abusive. One was my mother. I don't know if there are statistics on these types of things, but I'd say chances are more than slim based on that factor alone.

    Of course, I'm not implying that OP is or is not likely to abuse her child.
    Was the abuse a direct result of the anxiety? As dx by a physician (forensic psychiatrist to be specific)? You gotta be real careful with backseat diagnoses.

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    Was the abuse a direct result of the anxiety? As dx by a physician (forensic psychiatrist to be specific)? You gotta be real careful with backseat diagnoses.
    I'm not backseating anything, but thanks.

    Anxiety was the only diagnosis each had, save the third, who also has depression struggles. My mother was prescribed medication that she never took. I don't even remember what the medication was, it was so long ago. The other was prescribed Effexor, and since establishing a routine on the medication, has ceased abusive actions. It was explained to me that the abuse was a way to cope with the overwhelming nature of the anxiety.

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    Nobody here is qualified to answer that question. Go see an attorney.

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