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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 622520" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>These are things I have thought a lot about too, and continue to think about. We are also in a house that is too big for 2 people. difficult child's comfy bed is neatly made, sitting empty. He doesn't need it in the halfway house (where he is getting eaten by bedbugs every night). Sometimes I picture him sleeping there, waking up well rested, coming down the stairs to eat breakfast and start his day. Then the bubble bursts and the memories kick in, of him slumped on the couch at 3 PM in the clothes he slept in, too hung over to eat, promising yet again to look for work "tomorrow." Giving the kind of basic support that comes naturally with easy child is like giving a toddler too many sweets with difficult child. We all want to make our circumstances better; that's just human nature. For my difficult child at least, that instinct seems to kick in only when he is pretty close to being in survival mode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 622520, member: 17720"] These are things I have thought a lot about too, and continue to think about. We are also in a house that is too big for 2 people. difficult child's comfy bed is neatly made, sitting empty. He doesn't need it in the halfway house (where he is getting eaten by bedbugs every night). Sometimes I picture him sleeping there, waking up well rested, coming down the stairs to eat breakfast and start his day. Then the bubble bursts and the memories kick in, of him slumped on the couch at 3 PM in the clothes he slept in, too hung over to eat, promising yet again to look for work "tomorrow." Giving the kind of basic support that comes naturally with easy child is like giving a toddler too many sweets with difficult child. We all want to make our circumstances better; that's just human nature. For my difficult child at least, that instinct seems to kick in only when he is pretty close to being in survival mode. [/QUOTE]
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