I heard something this week about bipolar being a heavily genetic condition. To my knowledge, no one else in my family has or was bipolar, although there is a lot of mental health diagnosises on my paternal side. My grandfather was adopted so I can't track too far back. My father and his sister (my aunt) both committed suicide but I don't think either were officially diagnosed with anything as this was 20 years ago. My brother is dyspraxic and on the autism spectrum. My cousin suffers with severe anxiety and depression. Three other cousins have ADHD and two of them also have autism. There may be more but these are the only ones I know of. I have PTSD, GAD, bipolar 2, chronic insomnia and I'm currently being assessed for EUPD and mild autism. A lot of my diagnosises are related to trauma but as there are so many different mental conditions in my family I can't help wonder if it is a genetic link. I have a 5 year old daughter who is starting to show signs of anxiety so I'm going to get her started with treatment as soon as possible to get on top of it.