In what sense? The DNA or my Daddy? Because legit, my father was an acholohic and generally absent. It really fucked me up.

I'm sorry that happened to you. I can't speak for all bipolar alcoholics, but I sought treatment and now I've made amends with my son and we have a good relationship if that helps at all.

That's really great. Not enough people pull themselves up, make amends, and do better. You're one of the good ones <3

I'm trying. Thanks and good luck.

Both. Sure we make huge progress in depression research and brain research in general, but there are so many environmental things happening, like yours for example, so just saying "oh yeah depression comes from that DNA" or "yeah that's just from your trauma. A lil therapy will heal everything" is just a bit short sigthed. So yeah, just saying that it's all very complex and we shouldn't really try to reduce this beast of a disease down to anything, because everyone has a different story. In the end I was just a little sarcastic, sorry

Honestly, I appreciate the sarcasm. It's a serious topic, and personally I like lighten the tone. It makes it easier to talk about.

I fully agree with your perspective. Being a human is hard.