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<blockquote data-quote="crazymama30" data-source="post: 265137" data-attributes="member: 3184"><p>Heather, don't apologize for being angry. You have every right to be angry. I was not trying to minimize anything you wrote, and I think it is great that you are helping with this poor kid. Sometimes I can see a lot of similarities between the older difficult children and my husband when he was unmedicated and self medicating in his "finest". Those are days I hope to never repeat. </p><p> </p><p>You are probably right. He does not care. The problem is that it is hard to get someone to invest in their own treatment if they do not care. No one can make another care about something. It just does not work.</p><p> </p><p>I don't think you are a bad person at all for not wanting to sit around and wait for him to pull his head out of his a**. I would call that detachment, and it is hard but necessary. You are doing what you need to do in order to maintain your own sanity and to be there for your kids. That is respectable, and responsible, and you deserve to be applauded for that.</p><p> </p><p>I don't think anyone has any control over this situation, except an unstable mentally ill person. That sure doesn't sound like much control to me. </p><p> </p><p>Take a breath, and vent here if you need to. You are amazing for doing as much as you have, but it may be time to step back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazymama30, post: 265137, member: 3184"] Heather, don't apologize for being angry. You have every right to be angry. I was not trying to minimize anything you wrote, and I think it is great that you are helping with this poor kid. Sometimes I can see a lot of similarities between the older difficult children and my husband when he was unmedicated and self medicating in his "finest". Those are days I hope to never repeat. You are probably right. He does not care. The problem is that it is hard to get someone to invest in their own treatment if they do not care. No one can make another care about something. It just does not work. I don't think you are a bad person at all for not wanting to sit around and wait for him to pull his head out of his a**. I would call that detachment, and it is hard but necessary. You are doing what you need to do in order to maintain your own sanity and to be there for your kids. That is respectable, and responsible, and you deserve to be applauded for that. I don't think anyone has any control over this situation, except an unstable mentally ill person. That sure doesn't sound like much control to me. Take a breath, and vent here if you need to. You are amazing for doing as much as you have, but it may be time to step back. [/QUOTE]
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