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PAY ATTENTION TO INKLINGS, even if you're "off" on some specifics!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="TheyAreLegallyAdultsNow" data-source="post: 377838" data-attributes="member: 8405"><p>Thanks SusieStar! I think I am in the "processing pain" mode. It was helpful for me to see not only did we have suspicions, but we addressed them. We left things at that point "IF friendship were to continue, the topic of her "mothering" other peoples children, (especially MINE) promoting rebellion and defiance would have to be an area where we'd have to agree to disagree.</p><p></p><p>Friendship ended the day that woman became the self-appointed "savior" to our daughter and son. You may be right... she could be a sociopath. She may very well have mental illness. She has been under the counsel of a man with a very serious state reprimand against his license for past unethical conduct. She supposedly has a standing Tuesday afternoon appointment as his patient... and he supposedly is grooming her to take over his practice when he dies (she's an internet student of counseling, he's dying of cancer).</p><p></p><p>I peek at the CD boards periodically because I really don't believe it is healthy for me to "dwell" in this mess, but there is definitely healing in "sharing" my experiences/frustrations/emotions and "caring" for others in similar situations loving children who don't know how to love back. </p><p></p><p>The truth is my husband and I have got a beautiful life ahead of us... Parenting our bio-child and adopted-children was a beautiful season of life. They are adults now. </p><p></p><p>My husband and I are SO VERY GRATEFUL for the abundance of wonderful interactions with our healthy-attached-bio adult-daughter. </p><p></p><p>We pray for the others. Our Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) adoptees and their "rescuers/enablers." </p><p></p><p>We realize our adopted children didn't choose their origin. They didn't choose their mental illness. </p><p></p><p>We pray they will one day be strong enough to make healthy-but-difficult-choices that will take them along a path of healing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheyAreLegallyAdultsNow, post: 377838, member: 8405"] Thanks SusieStar! I think I am in the "processing pain" mode. It was helpful for me to see not only did we have suspicions, but we addressed them. We left things at that point "IF friendship were to continue, the topic of her "mothering" other peoples children, (especially MINE) promoting rebellion and defiance would have to be an area where we'd have to agree to disagree. Friendship ended the day that woman became the self-appointed "savior" to our daughter and son. You may be right... she could be a sociopath. She may very well have mental illness. She has been under the counsel of a man with a very serious state reprimand against his license for past unethical conduct. She supposedly has a standing Tuesday afternoon appointment as his patient... and he supposedly is grooming her to take over his practice when he dies (she's an internet student of counseling, he's dying of cancer). I peek at the CD boards periodically because I really don't believe it is healthy for me to "dwell" in this mess, but there is definitely healing in "sharing" my experiences/frustrations/emotions and "caring" for others in similar situations loving children who don't know how to love back. The truth is my husband and I have got a beautiful life ahead of us... Parenting our bio-child and adopted-children was a beautiful season of life. They are adults now. My husband and I are SO VERY GRATEFUL for the abundance of wonderful interactions with our healthy-attached-bio adult-daughter. We pray for the others. Our Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) adoptees and their "rescuers/enablers." We realize our adopted children didn't choose their origin. They didn't choose their mental illness. We pray they will one day be strong enough to make healthy-but-difficult-choices that will take them along a path of healing. [/QUOTE]
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