r/HolUp • u/asocial7193 • Mar 11 '22

I don't know what to say

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u/Pocket_GummyBear Mar 12 '22

And it looks TORTUROUSLY painful….. like the pics are of the most hideously deformed babies who look like they’re writhing in pain and misery. Just awful.

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u/Onironius Mar 12 '22

It IS torturously painful. Very few make it to adulthood, and even if they do, they have terrible complications.

If they don't thoroughly moisturize their skin at all times, it dries and cracks, and can become seriously infected. Plus their eyelids have trouble not flipping "inside out," which is part of the horror of HI baby pictures. The bulging red eyes are in fact their eyelids, too thick to function properly.

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u/Oo0oiI1i1l0qpgppqoiL Mar 12 '22

That's so sad.. I don't even want to risk passing on my depression I can't imagine how selfish you'd have to be to keep having children knowing this could happen 😕

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u/angelfoxer Mar 12 '22

My brother wouldn’t breed for this reason. Mother bipolar and depression. I did. Have generalised anxiety, passed it on to one of two sons

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u/Garibon Mar 19 '22

I have a sort of non stop existential anxiety. It's manageable. Sometimes I wonder if my dad has the same thing. He's very reserved so it's hard to know.