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Replies to "@jenatsky Thank you, and I did intake with a therapist today. I wish I could start..."
@liabaabaa you might also consider you and your husband seeing a therapist so they can help you with planning for your son’s next event. Having some knowledge from a professional might go far to help you both cope with your son. You’re not on sound footing if you’re worried about how to deal with your son’s acting out and threats. He does this to you because you’re both safe and will not harm him so he continues to use you. I hope you find a workable solution?
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If your loved one is serious about suicide you can call a 5150 to get him hospitalized to help and get stable. After that hopefully the county’s behavior health system will continue to provide a recovery program with housing .
Not easy to do, will feel like a prison, but it’s the first step in getting help. Meds do help. Staying in them is necessary but even on meds a person can fall off the deep end but they might have some insight to get help. Our son is great at covering up, manipulating, and making us think he’s in a good frame of mind when he might not be. Lying too.
This is a recent discovery from our son who admitted he had lied to us when living here.