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Of course it would be preferable if my son wouldn't be delusional, but...
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 628755" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Echolette: I wasn't trying to be funny <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> And while not totally translating to English, the word I used is more appropriate to express that you prefer chocolate ice cream but strawberry ice cream works also just fine, if chocolate is not available. So I totally get why my husband found it so ridiculous - and I kind of have to agree.</p><p></p><p>Thing of course is, that very low key, matter in fact approach to this works both for my difficult child and me quite well. It soothes both of us and helps us to stay functional. It is however not how my husband or Joy are inclined to deal with things like this. husband tries to adopt that attitude when talking to difficult child though, because he does know that it is how difficult child likes it.</p><p></p><p>Some of difficult child's symptoms tend to go to 'loonier than a toon'-category e.g. how 'crazy people' or 'craziness' is often stereotyped or portrayed by people who don't really know much about it. It is in the end just an anxiety symptom, his reality checking works, he is high functioning and so on, but some of these dissociative symptoms are rather dramatic, scary and sound much more serious and 'crazy' than they actually are. And rationalizing does help. But it can get on the side of ridiculous, when you keep carrying it on, like we have been doing. Then again, laughing at it all, is also a way to cope...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 628755, member: 14557"] Echolette: I wasn't trying to be funny :D And while not totally translating to English, the word I used is more appropriate to express that you prefer chocolate ice cream but strawberry ice cream works also just fine, if chocolate is not available. So I totally get why my husband found it so ridiculous - and I kind of have to agree. Thing of course is, that very low key, matter in fact approach to this works both for my difficult child and me quite well. It soothes both of us and helps us to stay functional. It is however not how my husband or Joy are inclined to deal with things like this. husband tries to adopt that attitude when talking to difficult child though, because he does know that it is how difficult child likes it. Some of difficult child's symptoms tend to go to 'loonier than a toon'-category e.g. how 'crazy people' or 'craziness' is often stereotyped or portrayed by people who don't really know much about it. It is in the end just an anxiety symptom, his reality checking works, he is high functioning and so on, but some of these dissociative symptoms are rather dramatic, scary and sound much more serious and 'crazy' than they actually are. And rationalizing does help. But it can get on the side of ridiculous, when you keep carrying it on, like we have been doing. Then again, laughing at it all, is also a way to cope... [/QUOTE]
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