I have experienced my mother having problems associated with mental illhealth.
Rather than talking about how a parent is feeling, I would find it useful here, to discuss how I feel about mental illness and the effect on me.

This isn't to disregard a parents illness, or to aportion blame in any way, ie; to blame my problems on the experience witnessed by me (now a 33yr old adult) of a parent who has or is experiencing mental illhealth; but for me an outlet.

I have experienced different types of anger. I have seen someone get angry by slamming items down on a surface, (I am not talking here of anger 'aimed' physically at a person), but the banging of objects onto a surface. For example, something which could make one 'jump'.

How can I think about the World around me and concentrate on my work, whilst also thinking on a daily basis generally about mental illness and how I am feeling?