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How to stop enabling abusive narcissistic entitled adult children
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<blockquote data-quote="Beta" data-source="post: 754034" data-attributes="member: 22597"><p><strong><em>"It took me a very, very long time to arrive here. Somehow, we get ourselves trapped in a place of obligation to our adult children. We feel we are supposed to tolerate whatever cr*p they throw at us out of their own anger, inability to function, addictions, dissappointments etc. There's like a "bad committee" in our heads telling us "just take this kind of abuse one more time because, gosh they were good kids and they're having a tough time." When in reality, none of us adults could successfully or rightfully so dish this kind of stuff out to people we work with or live with, without ramifications."</em></strong></p><p>So true. Thank you for writing this. </p><p></p><p><strong><em>"For me, the illusion that my sons are still caring, loving gentle young boys that I raised, is my own reality that I have to continue to work on because that's what often pangs at my heartstrings. I have to remind myself that life, addictions, mental and emotional illness has changed them and at this point they are not working at becoming better people." </em></strong></p><p>Again, so true. This is what I'm working on right now. Getting free of the illusion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beta, post: 754034, member: 22597"] [B][I]"It took me a very, very long time to arrive here. Somehow, we get ourselves trapped in a place of obligation to our adult children. We feel we are supposed to tolerate whatever cr*p they throw at us out of their own anger, inability to function, addictions, dissappointments etc. There's like a "bad committee" in our heads telling us "just take this kind of abuse one more time because, gosh they were good kids and they're having a tough time." When in reality, none of us adults could successfully or rightfully so dish this kind of stuff out to people we work with or live with, without ramifications."[/I][/B] So true. Thank you for writing this. [B][I]"For me, the illusion that my sons are still caring, loving gentle young boys that I raised, is my own reality that I have to continue to work on because that's what often pangs at my heartstrings. I have to remind myself that life, addictions, mental and emotional illness has changed them and at this point they are not working at becoming better people." [/I][/B] Again, so true. This is what I'm working on right now. Getting free of the illusion. [/QUOTE]
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