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<blockquote data-quote="Snow White" data-source="post: 737975" data-attributes="member: 355"><p>So sorry to hear your heartbreaking story. It is all too familiar. Glad you found us here.</p><p></p><p> I felt the same way with our daughter. I used to think she missed out on a "normal" childhood. When I posed that statement to her psychiatrist years ago, he told me that she didn't know any other "way to be", so she couldn't compare her life to anyone else's. </p><p></p><p>Self-care is so very important. I'm finding it difficult to transition from being the "in control" person (technically being an enabler) to the person who lets her adult child make her adult decisions and corresponding adult consequences. We're in the middle of another crisis and I still struggle, as you are. And I think we are all worried that we haven't been "good parents", even in spite of raising other functional and law-abiding children.</p><p></p><p>Your daughter will drain you: emotionally, physically and financially. Please don't let that happen. Find time for you and your significant other. Do not be afraid to make happy moments, even if it is just going out for dinner, for a walk or to a movie. </p><p></p><p>Hugs to you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snow White, post: 737975, member: 355"] So sorry to hear your heartbreaking story. It is all too familiar. Glad you found us here. I felt the same way with our daughter. I used to think she missed out on a "normal" childhood. When I posed that statement to her psychiatrist years ago, he told me that she didn't know any other "way to be", so she couldn't compare her life to anyone else's. Self-care is so very important. I'm finding it difficult to transition from being the "in control" person (technically being an enabler) to the person who lets her adult child make her adult decisions and corresponding adult consequences. We're in the middle of another crisis and I still struggle, as you are. And I think we are all worried that we haven't been "good parents", even in spite of raising other functional and law-abiding children. Your daughter will drain you: emotionally, physically and financially. Please don't let that happen. Find time for you and your significant other. Do not be afraid to make happy moments, even if it is just going out for dinner, for a walk or to a movie. Hugs to you. [/QUOTE]
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