Some of these parents even face losing their kids.

13

Single mother with depression and anxiety, counselor wants to tell children aid to take my daughter so she can have a chance at life because I'm not keeping up with self care. I'm broken.

From:
Brampton, Ontario, CA

Sometimes parents have to look after themselves first before they can care for their kids.

14

Everyone says I'm strong for giving custody of my son to my mother while I work on my mental illness.
I just feel like I've failed him.

From:
Cortland, New York, US

They fear their children have a disadvantage in life.

15

I feel like my daughter has no chance... her dad is a paranoid schizophrenic and i am bipolar with depression and anxiety

From:
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, US

16

I knew I couldn't care for a child with my mental illness, but my mother forced me to keep my son. Now he and I are both miserable. He could have had a nice, normal family.

From:
Somewhere

They may feel like their children have given their life a new purpose.

17

My daughter has literally saved my life and she doesn't even know. At my worst I used to want to end it all. Now, I pick myself up to teach her that people are more than their depression.

From:
Brownsville, Louisiana, US

18

I was diagnosed with major depression disorder. The only thing that makes me get up and do something is when I have my daughter. She is the light in my world

From:
Kingman, Arizona, US

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