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I just keep saying no. And it's working. It rolls off my tongue. No matter what the question is. "Can you meet me so I can straighten my hair?" my reply is "No". However, I admit I am going to give him a hair straightener so he can stop calling with this question. "Can you give me money for...

Thank you so much for starting this site. The support I found here last summer was exactly what I needed and could not find anywhere else. Learning about detachment has changed my life for the better.

Hi, I am sorry for your pain. I had a very out of control little boy also. He was kicked out of every school and care center he was in for violent behavior and disruption to the class. It was very difficult and I definitely relate. In my Difficult Child's case, he was diagnosed as bipolar. His...

Thank you all for your replies. I do want to inspire hope, as hope is what I have found here. I am in the fortunate position of having a certain degree of detachment just due to circumstances. For instance, my son can not live with me because I live with my boyfriend (who is my ex-husband and...

Difficult Child did four months in jail. I told them he was mentally ill and they evaluated him. Two doctors found him competent, legally anyway. Bummer, not the scenario I had envisioned with him receiving court ordered treatment. Oh well, another time. He is out on an ankle bracelet awaiting...

I live in AZ (she said sheepishly), no ice here. Just good weather we will pay for in July. Happy Monday to the board. I've been reading a lot lately. Thank you all for being here.

I am so terribly sorry for your loss BG.

Hi everyone, My son is still in jail, thank God. When I first came to this site, I could never have imagined saying those words. I dreaded Difficult Child going to jail back then. I am still kind of sad every morning because I know its no fun there and I know it really is a crappy place to be. I could...

Hi to everyone. I have not been posting or even reading for several weeks. My son had been staying at an apt of a friend of his, who is also a friend of mine from N.A. but who had relapsed and is currently in active addiction. Some of you may recall that she had called me crying saying she...

I have known professional people, and been one myself also, who use drugs. That is one possible reason for Difficult Child's to hang around her. They would be ultra protective of her for a while at least, swearing up and down that she "doesn't do that". She may be a Difficult Child herself with some kind of issues...

God. I'm so sorry. It's my third worst nightmare, my son getting a long prison sentence. My Difficult Child also does not learn. It's so sad. Hopefully you and your son can have some nice conversations while he is there. They seem to like talking to their moms again when they are locked up...

Echo, I like thinking of it like this, like the pain is a living being that has a right to exist and merely wants my company for a bit...yes, I dig it. Lol. I guess even easy childs have their moments. Yeah, this stuff is not for sissies, that's for sure.

Jamaica Blue Mountain, but I can't afford it. So I love the Trader Joe's Breakfast Blend with heavy whipping cream, no sweetner. You can see the fat from the cream floating on top...love it. Believe it or not, Outback Steakhouse has wonderful coffee, the best I've had at a restaurant...

My Difficult Child is bipolar and highly intelligent. He intuitively understands extremely complex mathmatics and advanced physics, but has little common sense. How is he not able to comprehend that if he is hungry, then he needs to go to DES and get his food stamps back? Or how about how when he was a...

I'm sorry for the drama you don't need in your day. Because I am not emotionally attached to either person, I found myself chuckling when I read it I'm sorry to say. My mother, when she was alive, and my Difficult Child, at about age 13, used to fight very intensely--- they called it "venting". I was...

Hi Frustratedmom, I am glad you found us, but very sorry that you needed to. Everyone here understands completely what you are going through. If you don't mind, I would like to ask a few questions to better understand your situation. Did your son ever receive a diagnosis? What were the...

I am just now seeing this thread. I am so sorry for all you are going through. I know it is probably just killing your heart. You definitely did the right thing in calling the police. What did they say? What did your daughter say to explain what was going on? I know there is often nothing...

Oh my gosh, I totally didn't mean to post that yet.....so moving along to what I was going to say: I am a world class worrier. Of the highest order. Big Big Big time. I do truly understand the problem of how it feels to know that something bad is coming once again. Doesn't it seem like we...

Oh JH, I am so sorry you are hurting like you are.

Feeling Sad, I am so so so sorry for what you are going through. I just cried when I read your post. I related very much to your story when I first started reading this forum because my son, although not diagnosed as schizophrenic, is also psychotic (and homeless). I am so sorry for your...