support for parents of mentally ill adults

I know when I do my searches thru my kids things that I stand the chance of finding something devistating. Understanding that, if I feel the need I plunge ahead. Tonight though, I get on MY computer for the first time in a very long time. N has left it logged into yahoo under her name. Her mail...

I wonder whether it would be helpful to us to post about issues with our Families of Origin as we see those troubled relationships affecting our kids. How are our toxic parents and sibs affecting, how have these relationships dirtied or downright poisoned, our own childrens' view of...

I feel good tonight. It's good to watch Nichole as she matures. She has quite a way to go, but she is getting there and it gives me huge hopes for her future. Nichole and I "girl talked" for more than 2 hrs tonight. I can't believe it. This was just us girls talking about all sorts of issues...

Hello, I am new to this group. My husband and I are wondering what to do. Our daughter just turned 19 (was radical attachment disorder; now antisocial personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, delusions, and mixed episodes of manic/depressive combined). She cycles between two...

Let's just say that our 31 year old daughter has stolen our future and call it that. There is no chance that she has missed an opportunity to steal from us. She has 2 great kids that are 10 and 6. We have been as much parents to them as grandparents. We found out just before the holidays that...

COM's thread Highchair Tyrants helped balance me out this morning. I decided to post about this anyway, because I am wavering between guilt and confusion about what the right thing is. In answering Esri's post, I got a little clearer, too. difficult child daughter is unhappy. That is what it boils down...

difficult child son (38) has been incommunicado. I have continued to send cards and money for grandchildren on Hallowe'en, Easter, Christmas. When we came North this year, husband did not pack the calendar on which I have everyone's address. I private messaged difficult child son for his address. There was no response...

I got a call from my dad just now. Apparently difficult child has moved back into his building (without my dad's knowledge) after finding out from someone that my dad legally needs to give him 30 days notice in order to evict him. He is living there with that girl, 2 dogs, and another homeless guy. The...

We are in shock and disbelief - difficult child who took overdose Tuesday night and went into a private psychiatric hospital Thursday night has been dismissed because of an ear abscess. Yes, you read that right. She had been uncooperative since getting to the p-hospital and refusing to go to group sessions. She...

I went to the AA meeting with difficult child tonight and heard two things that really struck me. First was that addict/alcoholics look for something to fill the hole they have inside them and they feel that hole very early on in their lives. They don't feel like they fit in, they feel different, and they...

My son just turned 18, i believe he spitefully quit h.s., thinking he was punishing me for him having a record, he blames me for everything, is furious, disrespectful, violent, drug using, sleeps all day, spitefully wont help with-chores... he is mean to his siblings, steals from us and destroys my...

I've been reading all of the posts in Everywoman's thread about admitting whether we were difficult child's ourselves or not. It's intriguing to me that nearly every one of us who admit being a difficult child include in our story that either we had cut ourselves off from our family, or our family had cut us off, and...

Hello...I haven't posted in probably three years and don't remember my password so am posting under a new "handle." Until I get my new profile updated, for anyone who cares, my previous posts are under "CAmom." So, what I meant by disheartening is coming back to this forum after a couple of...

For some reason this article has disappeared off of my posts so I've posted it in it's entirety here. What is detachment? Detachment is the: * Ability to allow people, places or things the freedom to be themselves. * Holding back from the need to rescue, save or fix another person from being...

Those with a long memory might remember my situation. for those who are new, here's a brief summary: My difficult child is 23. She was diagnosis'd with BiPolar disorder in November of 2011. She has refused medication and thinks - like many with this disorder, that she is fine (everyone else is mad). She gave...

difficult child is in a "trying" mode. I too am in "trying" mode. I am trying to not get overly optimistic about his trying. We have been here before. I try to step back and let him manage things, he falls on his face and squirms on his belly for a while, I refuse to help because "he has to hit rock...

I've been lurking for a while now and though this would be a good place to post a dilema I'm facing. I have a difficult child neice who has a history of attachment issues steming from my difficult child family tree. Right now she's far away from family and seeming to do well for the first time in her life. This is from...

I had a good relationship with my kids when they were small and as teens. When they grew up they decided mom was the bad guy. Around 18-20 they decided that they wanted me out of their life and not to contact them any further. My daughter is now 30 and my son 27. I was basically a single...

Overall Nichole is doing well. And thankfully just had a doctor appointment for BC.:happy: Unfortunately boyfriend is still very much boyfriend and continues with his own difficult child behavior. Because Nichole no longer reacts to it 99 percent of the time, he actively attempts to goad her into old behavior. He's not...

THey could have me in for at least 3 years, mom. Please pray for me I am so scared.... the drugs that I had on me, they are puting me w intended "man slaughter"... ... have you ever heard of this... For the first time in his life Andre is VERY SCARED.. he said his palms are sweating and...