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<blockquote data-quote="completelydrained" data-source="post: 742176" data-attributes="member: 23455"><p>Thank you for the warm welcome! I don't feel that I want control. My goal as a parent was always launching my children into adulthood and a life of independence. My own independence literally depended on them obtaining theirs. What I want is a solution to an obvious problem that has been ignored for far too long. Not just for my son, but for every mother's son or daughter who literally needs assistance in getting help because they are incapable of seeing that they need it. I mean the part of their brain that provides insight is literally broken. Give it another name like Alzheimer's, Brain Tumor, Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Wilson's Disease.... No problem! Help is on the way. Mental illness? Well all of a sudden they have to ask for help. They have to admit they are a danger to themselves and/or others. They have to realize they are sick. Can any of us imagine drawing those same lines in the sand for someone with a brain tumor? I fully acknowledge I have no control. And I totally agree that prayer and love are all I have. But that is not enough. We can't pray away the Anosognosia. It needs treatment. And we should be able to obtain that treatment for anyone with a mental illness, brain injury, or CTE like we would for any other disease. It's so archaic. Are they difficult people? They sure can be. Do they drain our energy? Most certainly. But so do the behaviors of all the previously mentioned diseases. It is infuriating. We are expected to put in the time as a caregiver, but we are refused the tools we need to help them recover. It's just absurd when you think about it. Guess I'm more angry with the system than I realized. Thanks for a place to vent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="completelydrained, post: 742176, member: 23455"] Thank you for the warm welcome! I don't feel that I want control. My goal as a parent was always launching my children into adulthood and a life of independence. My own independence literally depended on them obtaining theirs. What I want is a solution to an obvious problem that has been ignored for far too long. Not just for my son, but for every mother's son or daughter who literally needs assistance in getting help because they are incapable of seeing that they need it. I mean the part of their brain that provides insight is literally broken. Give it another name like Alzheimer's, Brain Tumor, Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Wilson's Disease.... No problem! Help is on the way. Mental illness? Well all of a sudden they have to ask for help. They have to admit they are a danger to themselves and/or others. They have to realize they are sick. Can any of us imagine drawing those same lines in the sand for someone with a brain tumor? I fully acknowledge I have no control. And I totally agree that prayer and love are all I have. But that is not enough. We can't pray away the Anosognosia. It needs treatment. And we should be able to obtain that treatment for anyone with a mental illness, brain injury, or CTE like we would for any other disease. It's so archaic. Are they difficult people? They sure can be. Do they drain our energy? Most certainly. But so do the behaviors of all the previously mentioned diseases. It is infuriating. We are expected to put in the time as a caregiver, but we are refused the tools we need to help them recover. It's just absurd when you think about it. Guess I'm more angry with the system than I realized. Thanks for a place to vent. [/QUOTE]
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