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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 766402" data-attributes="member: 18958">I chose flight too. I still do. But my turning point when the flight went so far as &quot;dissociating.&quot; I became so fearful I blacked out and lost consciousness. I won't go into detail but I got so scared of where I could go, I changed.This is our story. My son is unrecognizable. We were so very close. He was the sweetest, kindest child and adolescent.The thing is this: They are not those boys anymore. And we are not moms of boys, but of men. We have to allow ourselves, our feelings, our being to be part of the equation, part of the picture. Reality is you're being terrorized.&nbsp; I know it's unbearable to feel that, to think that, but it is real.We do not help our adult children by denying reality. How can they accept their reality of we deny its effects on us?I am so very sorry you had to go through something like I did.Manic episodes can and do involve psychosis. There is a form of Bipolar Disorder that is called Bipolar I, here in the States. It can involve psychosis, that looks very like schizophrenia.&nbsp; You can learn about it by googling Bipolar I in the DSM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 766402, member: 18958"] I chose flight too. I still do. But my turning point when the flight went so far as "dissociating." I became so fearful I blacked out and lost consciousness. I won't go into detail but I got so scared of where I could go, I changed. This is our story. My son is unrecognizable. We were so very close. He was the sweetest, kindest child and adolescent. The thing is this: They are not those boys anymore. And we are not moms of boys, but of men. We have to allow ourselves, our feelings, our being to be part of the equation, part of the picture. Reality is you're being terrorized. I know it's unbearable to feel that, to think that, but it is real. We do not help our adult children by denying reality. How can they accept their reality of we deny its effects on us? I am so very sorry you had to go through something like I did. Manic episodes can and do involve psychosis. There is a form of Bipolar Disorder that is called Bipolar I, here in the States. It can involve psychosis, that looks very like schizophrenia. You can learn about it by googling Bipolar I in the DSM. [/QUOTE]

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