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I think the dog ate my phone....
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<blockquote data-quote="emotionallybankrupt" data-source="post: 364485" data-attributes="member: 8226"><p>I just don't know. She was so specific and really is an academic person. Her first voicemail was that he had "gram positive cocci." She couldn't have misheard that. I don't know many teenagers who would have been able to retain and communicate that terminology. Not that it helped me much. I, of course, went immediately to internet searches for gram positive cocci and found myself over my head in medical jargon. Bad bacteria. That's all I know. </p><p> </p><p>As for the affect.... I worry about the capacity for empathy. That was such a big marker in her psychiatric diagnosis, and it showed itself in so many ways in this house. She had a couple of puppies for a while, which caused a HUGE conflict. I had hoped she would have a positive focus and learn some responsibility (and quit threatening to get pregnant). Instead, she loved taking them out for oohs and aahs, while ignoring their needs here. She had the capability to be absolutely unmoved by their cries, as if she heard nothing, while anybody else within earshot would be incredibly jarred, and in conflict about whether or not to react despite her sitting calmly right there in the midst of things, going about her business. I gave it as long as I could but then took the dogs away from her and found them an excellent home. That hasn't been so long ago.</p><p> </p><p>The stakes are higher now but I worry that the same dynamics are repeating. I hope I'm wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emotionallybankrupt, post: 364485, member: 8226"] I just don't know. She was so specific and really is an academic person. Her first voicemail was that he had "gram positive cocci." She couldn't have misheard that. I don't know many teenagers who would have been able to retain and communicate that terminology. Not that it helped me much. I, of course, went immediately to internet searches for gram positive cocci and found myself over my head in medical jargon. Bad bacteria. That's all I know. As for the affect.... I worry about the capacity for empathy. That was such a big marker in her psychiatric diagnosis, and it showed itself in so many ways in this house. She had a couple of puppies for a while, which caused a HUGE conflict. I had hoped she would have a positive focus and learn some responsibility (and quit threatening to get pregnant). Instead, she loved taking them out for oohs and aahs, while ignoring their needs here. She had the capability to be absolutely unmoved by their cries, as if she heard nothing, while anybody else within earshot would be incredibly jarred, and in conflict about whether or not to react despite her sitting calmly right there in the midst of things, going about her business. I gave it as long as I could but then took the dogs away from her and found them an excellent home. That hasn't been so long ago. The stakes are higher now but I worry that the same dynamics are repeating. I hope I'm wrong. [/QUOTE]
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