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<blockquote data-quote="Beta" data-source="post: 750580" data-attributes="member: 22597"><p>Jay,</p><p>So sorry for the grief you're feeling, the emotional exhaustion. We all know the grief that comes when we see the life/lives of our child/children imploding, and there's nothing more we can do. I'm struggling with accepting that I have no control over my son's illness, and I know you are struggling too. I think the sadness we feel is reasonable. I just think that we have to learn to feel it without allowing it to control and destroy us inside. Still trying to figure that one out emotionally. My mind gives mental assent to what I know is true; my emotions go all over the place. </p><p></p><p> I do think you are right in drawing the line. You're son is being abusive (as my son has been many, many times). I try to remember that responding with help when he's like that is not helping him; it's only reinforcing and rewarding wrong and unhealthy behavior in his life, and it grinds my heart into the dust. This kind of love is hard to live out. Hugs to you, as we walk with you through this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beta, post: 750580, member: 22597"] Jay, So sorry for the grief you're feeling, the emotional exhaustion. We all know the grief that comes when we see the life/lives of our child/children imploding, and there's nothing more we can do. I'm struggling with accepting that I have no control over my son's illness, and I know you are struggling too. I think the sadness we feel is reasonable. I just think that we have to learn to feel it without allowing it to control and destroy us inside. Still trying to figure that one out emotionally. My mind gives mental assent to what I know is true; my emotions go all over the place. I do think you are right in drawing the line. You're son is being abusive (as my son has been many, many times). I try to remember that responding with help when he's like that is not helping him; it's only reinforcing and rewarding wrong and unhealthy behavior in his life, and it grinds my heart into the dust. This kind of love is hard to live out. Hugs to you, as we walk with you through this. [/QUOTE]
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