Ok, random topic……parents, nature vs. nurture?

It's a combination of both. That is my opinion at least. I say that from personal experience. My family has a long history of mental illness and my dad actually does have OCD. I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder at 21 and prior to that I was misdiagnosed at the age of at and at aged 16 with other mental conditions. I had a hard time adjusting to a normal life in part due to how my dad raised me and in part to my own mental illness. Luckily, I decided as an adult to get treatment and I am in control of keeping my mental issues out of how I raise my own son and so far he doesn't seem to exhibit any genetic predisposition to mental illness. Not all children of mentally ill people will be born with mental illness and that is a relief. In fact I have two younger sisters and neither of them have mental illness and lead perfectly normal lives, though due to some of my dads issues (he has never agreed to get treatment for his OCD. After being diagnosed he blew off the doctor as a quack) and they have learned to work through some of those issues and yes, it was easier for them than me because, they were not mentally ill. (Just fyi, I do lead a totally normal life now that I am on medication and go to therapy regularly. )