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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 705362" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>He is wrong.</p><p></p><p>Normally, when somebody is saying they are suicidal, 911 is called. It is considered an emergency. Someone who knows the suicidal individual tells the crisis team this: their behavior, as reported by them, has progressively deteriorated: their functioning more and more impaired, concentration impaired, hopelessness, decreased appetite and weight loss, impaired sleep, and they have made repeated suicidal statements, that they feel they want to kill themselves, and want to die.</p><p></p><p>This is the protocol of dealing with suicidal statements.</p><p></p><p>This middle son is doing nothing to treat depression. He could go to the campus clinic any time. He could call the suicide line. He could seek out a pastor or rabbi. From what I estimate to be his location, he could go to the Zen Center which is within a half hour's drive.</p><p></p><p>Yet his chosen way to deal with himself, as an adult who knows what his mother has gone through, and is still going through: is to torture his mother more.</p><p></p><p>The normal response to torture is to scream, not kindness and support of your tormentor. Yet, you did not scream. Quietly you told the truth: What you do is call 911 every single time he infers depression whether he is at home or where he lives or any other place.</p><p></p><p>Normally, when somebody is saying that they can't take it anymore, you don't continue to torture them. You are kind and supportive.</p><p></p><p>Feeling. We, each of us, is in a version of the same situation. A vice-like hold between the devil and the deep blue sea. Somehow, by levitation, snake charmers, spirituality, calling Superman or James Bond, I don't know how, we have to get ourselves out of the grip.</p><p></p><p>I am there, too. That mother who you quoted yesterday told the truth for many, many of us.</p><p></p><p>I feel better, myself, after writing this post. Because if I can understand and have empathy for your position (in that vice) I can feel it for my own.</p><p></p><p>Feeling. We are getting there. We are finding compassion for ourselves. I am so grateful. I may get a Chinese Crested, myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 705362, member: 18958"] He is wrong. Normally, when somebody is saying they are suicidal, 911 is called. It is considered an emergency. Someone who knows the suicidal individual tells the crisis team this: their behavior, as reported by them, has progressively deteriorated: their functioning more and more impaired, concentration impaired, hopelessness, decreased appetite and weight loss, impaired sleep, and they have made repeated suicidal statements, that they feel they want to kill themselves, and want to die. This is the protocol of dealing with suicidal statements. This middle son is doing nothing to treat depression. He could go to the campus clinic any time. He could call the suicide line. He could seek out a pastor or rabbi. From what I estimate to be his location, he could go to the Zen Center which is within a half hour's drive. Yet his chosen way to deal with himself, as an adult who knows what his mother has gone through, and is still going through: is to torture his mother more. The normal response to torture is to scream, not kindness and support of your tormentor. Yet, you did not scream. Quietly you told the truth: What you do is call 911 every single time he infers depression whether he is at home or where he lives or any other place. Normally, when somebody is saying that they can't take it anymore, you don't continue to torture them. You are kind and supportive. Feeling. We, each of us, is in a version of the same situation. A vice-like hold between the devil and the deep blue sea. Somehow, by levitation, snake charmers, spirituality, calling Superman or James Bond, I don't know how, we have to get ourselves out of the grip. I am there, too. That mother who you quoted yesterday told the truth for many, many of us. I feel better, myself, after writing this post. Because if I can understand and have empathy for your position (in that vice) I can feel it for my own. Feeling. We are getting there. We are finding compassion for ourselves. I am so grateful. I may get a Chinese Crested, myself. [/QUOTE]
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