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<blockquote data-quote="Childofmine" data-source="post: 627038" data-attributes="member: 17542"><p>Hi BG, it was me who wrote that. I believe that anybody who is aware of their issues can decide if they want to change or not. I believe many mentally ill people---at least many of the ones I hear about here on this board---have been made fully aware of the help that is available. Many don't seek it, or once they do, they don't comply. </p><p></p><p>It's just like people with high BiPolar (BP) or diabetes or heart disease. We get the information, but we don't want to do the work.</p><p></p><p>Addiction---my son's issue---is a mental illness. He is well aware of the help available but says he doesn't have a problem and doesn't want help. Really? He says that from a jail cell or the street. Well, how is your life working for you? From my standpoint his life isn't. But from his standpoint, maybe it is. On some level it's working because he obviously doesn't want to change because he has never yet made a serious attempt to do so. </p><p></p><p>I am sure there are people with severe mental illness who are so ill they don't have the capacity to consider change, of course. I'm not talking about them. </p><p></p><p>I believe we let our difficult children off the hook when we simply say, well, they have a mental illness and so that's it, there's nothing to do. </p><p></p><p>They can figure out how to steal and lie and use and take advantage of other people---but they can't figure out that change is possible? I don't buy that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Childofmine, post: 627038, member: 17542"] Hi BG, it was me who wrote that. I believe that anybody who is aware of their issues can decide if they want to change or not. I believe many mentally ill people---at least many of the ones I hear about here on this board---have been made fully aware of the help that is available. Many don't seek it, or once they do, they don't comply. It's just like people with high BiPolar (BP) or diabetes or heart disease. We get the information, but we don't want to do the work. Addiction---my son's issue---is a mental illness. He is well aware of the help available but says he doesn't have a problem and doesn't want help. Really? He says that from a jail cell or the street. Well, how is your life working for you? From my standpoint his life isn't. But from his standpoint, maybe it is. On some level it's working because he obviously doesn't want to change because he has never yet made a serious attempt to do so. I am sure there are people with severe mental illness who are so ill they don't have the capacity to consider change, of course. I'm not talking about them. I believe we let our difficult children off the hook when we simply say, well, they have a mental illness and so that's it, there's nothing to do. They can figure out how to steal and lie and use and take advantage of other people---but they can't figure out that change is possible? I don't buy that. [/QUOTE]
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