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Son attempted suicide last night
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<blockquote data-quote="wisernow" data-source="post: 707698" data-attributes="member: 20373"><p>Hi Pigless. So sorry for what you are going through. Do you think that the farm may herald in a new beginning? I too wish you love and light. I find what you said to be very interesting:</p><p></p><p>"I think there is a power in being mentally ill. A power when your emotions override everything else in your family's life so that YOU are suddenly the focus of everyone's worry, actions, fears, and energy. I think that power is alluring. I had a front row seat watching it slowly destroy my husband, our relationship and our family. There were points at which he was still lucid enough to take a different path."</p><p></p><p>I see this with my son. I think its the manipulative part of him. Yes he has mental health issues but he also thrives on drama, the spotlight and sucking everyone's emotions up into a vortex of chaos. That's why I have had to detach and find my calm. Even though he is mentally ill, he does not need to continue to make bad choices. He has also many times blackmailed me with threats of suicide which rendered me incapable of doing anything for fear that he would carry through. I finally learned through therapy what he was doing was emotional blackmail. I could not believe that my own flesh and blood could do something so very very hurtful and for months I went through periods of grief, and anger. The detachment has helped me but the past events have changed my soul forever and that of my daughter who also shared as you say a front row seat in my son's drama.</p><p></p><p>What a journey we travel.....my arm is around you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wisernow, post: 707698, member: 20373"] Hi Pigless. So sorry for what you are going through. Do you think that the farm may herald in a new beginning? I too wish you love and light. I find what you said to be very interesting: "I think there is a power in being mentally ill. A power when your emotions override everything else in your family's life so that YOU are suddenly the focus of everyone's worry, actions, fears, and energy. I think that power is alluring. I had a front row seat watching it slowly destroy my husband, our relationship and our family. There were points at which he was still lucid enough to take a different path." I see this with my son. I think its the manipulative part of him. Yes he has mental health issues but he also thrives on drama, the spotlight and sucking everyone's emotions up into a vortex of chaos. That's why I have had to detach and find my calm. Even though he is mentally ill, he does not need to continue to make bad choices. He has also many times blackmailed me with threats of suicide which rendered me incapable of doing anything for fear that he would carry through. I finally learned through therapy what he was doing was emotional blackmail. I could not believe that my own flesh and blood could do something so very very hurtful and for months I went through periods of grief, and anger. The detachment has helped me but the past events have changed my soul forever and that of my daughter who also shared as you say a front row seat in my son's drama. What a journey we travel.....my arm is around you! [/QUOTE]
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