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Dealing with adult son with mental health: Parents want to share?
Mental Health | Last Active: Mar 11 9:02am | Replies (257)Comment receiving replies
As harsh as it sounds, the truth is he is an adult and he must help himself.
I have lived the endless cycle of trying to prevent, protect, and help my adult child until it got dangerous and I lived in fear.
Thru therapy a few family members, the support of friends - I have strong boundaries. I can support their decisions that I be supportive without enabling poor decisions.
You must focus on yourself. It’s OK to be hopeful. It’s not OK to be disrespected and abused.
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Thank you for the assurance that living my life is OK!
I feel so guilty when I do have a good day, or even a good moment.
I need to hear what you are saying over and over again.
My worry is once he becomes physical when he gets so angry, that it may increase the next time. After all, it started with Mom don’t be negative to my thoughts and increased to smashing my phone and scream at me that everything is my fault!!
When he sleeps he sleeps so deeply that he doesn’t hear if someone is around him, and that is my fault, because I vacuumed under his crib when he was a baby!