Is it necessary genetics or familiar background to have a mental illness?

[BasqueClown]

I don't research much or having any diagnostics by professional
And my parents were normal (I think)
Even with that background, Can I develop a mental condition like psychosis, bipolar or schizophrenia?
I'm still no hallucinations or something not using drugs (Because expensive and I didn't try even weed)
But I consider myself very different and chaotic, and I have a constant thought of worst scenarios
Perhaps I overreacting or only still Broken for my recent past
Whatever, is it low probable to gain any serious mental conditions beyond depression if I don't have any genetic or familiar previous record?

 

[chocolatebar]

The cause of most conditions you described aren't totally known. Genetics make you much more likely to have them, but it's also possible to have when no one in your family has any related gene.

It's also possible for a family to carry the genes and not develop the conditions.

 

[waitingforrest]

I'm glad to not be the only one that thinks this. To be honest, I don't know. Sometimes I think it's what trauma my parents passed down, or sometimes it was that I was set up to fail from the start. Or I lost the genetic lottery and just ended up with all these mental illneses.

But I often wonder if the reasons can even be that simple, or maybe I am just making up all the pain in my head, or that I have a messed up view of reality and notning bad ever happened at all.

It never made sense to me at least that genetics had anything to do in my case since no one had the same issues I know of. I wonder if it was fate for me to be unstable from growing up in a unstable home. Or maybe l was the first to be diagnosed in my family.

But as for one specific reason, who knows? I think why someone is the way they are is too complex for a clear cut answer, but I am far from a researcher. And even with everything perfect, I'd probably still end up being fucked up in some way. Maybe it's just a result of how unforgiving life is.

I'm sorry I can't be of much help. I still hope you find what you are looking for.
And it's okay if you don't know.
Low chance or not, it doesn't change that fact that the pain is still there. It's very easy to feel overdramatic and crazy when you don't seem to fit in a exact diagnosis or have a reason but, whether it's real or imagined, the emotions you feel are real.

Sending a hug for you. Diagnoses are messy to navigate and can sometimes cause feelings of self doubt, it is lonely to feel like there is something wrong but not know the words for it.

 

[Life_and_Death]

Genetics is just one possibility. If they have something you typically have a higher chance of having it (disorder depending but I think it counts for most). Of course there's also the slight chance you get off lucky and unaffected. There's also the possibility for trauma or unstable brain chemicals to cause it (brain chemicals, disorder depending) meaning your parents can be completely fine and you'll still have something.