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Emotionless WHAT DO YOU DO when they simply don't care?
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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 466290" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>My official mom opinion (I have absolutely no letters behind my name) is that he's depressed. Possibly other stuff going on, but very little indication of anything else in what you wrote. Apathy (not feeling anything) is a defense mechanism against depression. Feeling nothing is preferable to feeling constant pain. Problem is, it could actually cause a lower level of functioning.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, in my opinion and experience, there is very little you can do for him right now, if he is unwilling to attempt to help himself. I'm not talking anything major, but he has to WANT to stop feeling miserable - doesn't mean he'll be able to, but he has to want it as a goal, very difficult in apathy - only then you can try therapeutic activities and such. Right now, you can wait for that psychiatrist appointment and hope the next medication might do him some good, and you can hyper-focus on anything positive in his life, and try ignoring the negatives. He got a D instead of an F on a test or quiz? YAY! Time to celebrate! He got that lawn mowed! YAY! Party time! Show him and prove to him that even the smallest little efforts mean a lot.</p><p></p><p>Poor kid, poor you. I hope the time to psychiatrist appointment flies by for all of you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 466290, member: 11965"] My official mom opinion (I have absolutely no letters behind my name) is that he's depressed. Possibly other stuff going on, but very little indication of anything else in what you wrote. Apathy (not feeling anything) is a defense mechanism against depression. Feeling nothing is preferable to feeling constant pain. Problem is, it could actually cause a lower level of functioning. Unfortunately, in my opinion and experience, there is very little you can do for him right now, if he is unwilling to attempt to help himself. I'm not talking anything major, but he has to WANT to stop feeling miserable - doesn't mean he'll be able to, but he has to want it as a goal, very difficult in apathy - only then you can try therapeutic activities and such. Right now, you can wait for that psychiatrist appointment and hope the next medication might do him some good, and you can hyper-focus on anything positive in his life, and try ignoring the negatives. He got a D instead of an F on a test or quiz? YAY! Time to celebrate! He got that lawn mowed! YAY! Party time! Show him and prove to him that even the smallest little efforts mean a lot. Poor kid, poor you. I hope the time to psychiatrist appointment flies by for all of you. [/QUOTE]
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