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<blockquote data-quote="jaxx" data-source="post: 607619" data-attributes="member: 16937"><p>had a vile day at the police stn,resulting in my 21yr old son being arrested and charged with drunk and dangerous driving,and possesion with inteent to supply drugs.Find it extremely difficult to communicate with him..he is extremely withdrawn, and does not speak to me when i try to make conversation.he makes me feel like i constantly irritate him,which really hurts my feelings.i am terrified about whats going to happen to him in court in a few weeks time.its his first offence.he was almost killed 5 months ago-was in a coma and on life suoppport for a month,and had horrific injuries as a result of this drunk driving.Thankfully noone else was injured in the accident,and he is expected to make a full recovery.the experience left me deeply traumatized-both in terms of firstly almost losing my only child,and also the shock of his lifestyle-he had been living away from home for over a year,staying with friends,not working-which i constantly worried about and left me in a daily state of anxiety which would sometimes overpower me...as i always feared what would happen actually happened. Following the death of my father who was killed by a drunk driver 7 years ago,at the time of my son's school exams,i was a single parent and fell apart from grief and was unable to give my son the support he clearly needed at school.shortly afterwards my son's half brother died from a drug overdose.my son faired poorly at school,and refused to go to college.he has now been unemployed for 5 years..and i think is becoming increasingly mute and withdrawn,and totally unwilling to consider help from a g.p or counsellor or other professional.i am at the end of my tether...and am beginning to have suicidal thoughts.Please can anyone help me reach clarity of how i can possibly be a good parent and actually help him somehow??he means the world to me-and i get nothing but pain and rejection in return.sorry this is an essay-have had noone who will listen.Thank you for reading.Jaxx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaxx, post: 607619, member: 16937"] had a vile day at the police stn,resulting in my 21yr old son being arrested and charged with drunk and dangerous driving,and possesion with inteent to supply drugs.Find it extremely difficult to communicate with him..he is extremely withdrawn, and does not speak to me when i try to make conversation.he makes me feel like i constantly irritate him,which really hurts my feelings.i am terrified about whats going to happen to him in court in a few weeks time.its his first offence.he was almost killed 5 months ago-was in a coma and on life suoppport for a month,and had horrific injuries as a result of this drunk driving.Thankfully noone else was injured in the accident,and he is expected to make a full recovery.the experience left me deeply traumatized-both in terms of firstly almost losing my only child,and also the shock of his lifestyle-he had been living away from home for over a year,staying with friends,not working-which i constantly worried about and left me in a daily state of anxiety which would sometimes overpower me...as i always feared what would happen actually happened. Following the death of my father who was killed by a drunk driver 7 years ago,at the time of my son's school exams,i was a single parent and fell apart from grief and was unable to give my son the support he clearly needed at school.shortly afterwards my son's half brother died from a drug overdose.my son faired poorly at school,and refused to go to college.he has now been unemployed for 5 years..and i think is becoming increasingly mute and withdrawn,and totally unwilling to consider help from a g.p or counsellor or other professional.i am at the end of my tether...and am beginning to have suicidal thoughts.Please can anyone help me reach clarity of how i can possibly be a good parent and actually help him somehow??he means the world to me-and i get nothing but pain and rejection in return.sorry this is an essay-have had noone who will listen.Thank you for reading.Jaxx [/QUOTE]
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