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Dealing with adult son with mental health: Parents want to share?
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Hello @renee8466, I would like to add my welcome along with @dlydailyhope and others. I'm sorry to say that I have had similar experiences with my son who is now 55 but doing much better than those early years, mainly because his treatments have changed for the better over the years and he is now much better. What helped my wife and I during those tough years that you are now experiencing was finding a local support group where we could talk with other parents going through similar experiences. The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) has some information on finding support that I think could be helpful for you and your son - https://www.nami.org/support-education/support-groups/.
Have you thought about talking with his doctors or care team for suggestions, or trying to find a local support group?
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My son refuses all treatment except a therapist. He has to see her to live here. He seems to have a personality disorder.
His father did. But he won't get help and now he says me and his grandma abused him as a child. That is not true. If anything he was spoiled rotten and I am an enabler. I told him it doesn't matter how he got where he is, that it is his responsibility to move forward. Does he lie to justify his own behavior? He hates me but won't leave. I'm in SC and literally can't make him leave unless I formally file eviction papers and go to court.