Comments on: How to Support Children When A Parent Is Diagnosed With An Illness https://www.heysigmund.com/support-children-parent-illness/ Where the Science of Psychology Meets the Art of Being Human Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:08:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: andrea https://www.heysigmund.com/support-children-parent-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-150348 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 09:58:01 +0000 https://sigmundstaging.wpengine.com/?p=12515#comment-150348 In reply to Aurora.

my close friend had a similar situation…my friend and her sister decided not to have the test because they live everyday positive thinking they might not have it (motorneurone),they were both early 20s when their mom became ill and slowly lost her in stages to the terrible illness.my friend is now 48 has a good life and most of all is happy . wish you and your family a happy healthy life..try to not worry about what not happen. andrea

]]> By: Aurora https://www.heysigmund.com/support-children-parent-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-147702 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:26:54 +0000 https://sigmundstaging.wpengine.com/?p=12515#comment-147702 I was such a kid, my mother has a serious genetic illness but when I was a child I didn’t understand anything. I didn’t even hear the proper name of this illness until I was an adult. My mother illness was a taboo in my family and it wasn’t good at all.
I think those advices are really useful and I wish that my parents knew them all in past. This is what I needed.
Actually I have some questions. This illnes is still present in my family so it means that me, my brother, my cousins can get it. We have 50% chance that we already inherited it, but we will know it for sure in older life. But we have a chance to make a genetic test. I wonder – what age is good to let you child know that he or she also can have this illness? This is huge and very scary thing but I don’t believe that hiding this information will be helpful… Is it OK to wait until the person will be a grown up? What do you think about such a situation? Do you have some advices?

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