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Borderline (Borderline (Borderline (Borderline (BPD)))) son is suicidal
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 762509" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>This is hard. My daughter is not diagnosed but is certainly borderline too. She often spoke of suicide.</p><p></p><p> The truth? Your son is 24. He is not going to live with you forever and even now that he still does...he can do it if he really wants. My daughter can too.</p><p></p><p> The reality is, we can not control what another person does no matter how hard we try or how serious it is. It's not possible to save another person. We also can.not force mentally ill adult kids to comply with psychiatric treatment. So what CAN we do?</p><p></p><p>We have total control over one person...ourselves. we can go to therapy to learn how to take care of us and learn how to cope with the situation with your son in a healthier way for you AND him. There are great coping skills available...a few I love are radical acceptance, mindfulness and distress tolerance. I learned tons of skills for my tool box as years have gone by. You can too. You are the only person you can control or whose thinking you can change. And you can live a good life even if your son keeps struggling. I hope you see a good therapist and/or go to an online Zoom Family's Anonymous meeting. Look on the internet to find a Zoom meeting. I hope you reach out for help. What you are doing is not sustainable.</p><p></p><p>I send you love and hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 762509, member: 1550"] This is hard. My daughter is not diagnosed but is certainly borderline too. She often spoke of suicide. The truth? Your son is 24. He is not going to live with you forever and even now that he still does...he can do it if he really wants. My daughter can too. The reality is, we can not control what another person does no matter how hard we try or how serious it is. It's not possible to save another person. We also can.not force mentally ill adult kids to comply with psychiatric treatment. So what CAN we do? We have total control over one person...ourselves. we can go to therapy to learn how to take care of us and learn how to cope with the situation with your son in a healthier way for you AND him. There are great coping skills available...a few I love are radical acceptance, mindfulness and distress tolerance. I learned tons of skills for my tool box as years have gone by. You can too. You are the only person you can control or whose thinking you can change. And you can live a good life even if your son keeps struggling. I hope you see a good therapist and/or go to an online Zoom Family's Anonymous meeting. Look on the internet to find a Zoom meeting. I hope you reach out for help. What you are doing is not sustainable. I send you love and hugs. [/QUOTE]
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