Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Parent Emeritus
Prison visit with difficult child 1 didn't go well
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 631671" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>I am so so sorry Tish. I hear the devastation and I understand how you feel. We are often so powerless in the face of mental illness and there is no where for us to go for solace except within ourselves. I pray, as ECHO mentioned that you have a Higher Power you can offer this up to, so you can let go...........</p><p></p><p>For you and anyone who is interested, there is an excellent book by a women psychiatrist who also is bi-polar. Here is a link:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/An-Unquiet-Mind-Memoir-Madness/dp/0679763309#" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/An-Unquiet-Mind-Memoir-Madness/dp/0679763309#</a></p><p></p><p>She talks a lot about why folks don't want medications and it is exactly what Lil has mentioned, the highs from the mania apparently are extraordinary. Many in my bio family are afflicted in some manner with some kind of mental illness. and not one of them would take medications. The toll that takes on the rest of the family is extraordinary as well, but in a completely different way. We ALL end up devastated.</p><p></p><p>Tish, I'm sorry. Many of us here know how you feel. I do. And, although there is nothing I can do, or we can do to make any of this work out differently, we can do what we do best, we can circle our wagons around you, hold you in our thoughts and prayers and offer our empathy, understanding and compassion. We get it. You're not alone. We're right here with you. Take a deep breath and feel us with you.........hang in there Tish..........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 631671, member: 13542"] I am so so sorry Tish. I hear the devastation and I understand how you feel. We are often so powerless in the face of mental illness and there is no where for us to go for solace except within ourselves. I pray, as ECHO mentioned that you have a Higher Power you can offer this up to, so you can let go........... For you and anyone who is interested, there is an excellent book by a women psychiatrist who also is bi-polar. Here is a link: [url]http://www.amazon.com/An-Unquiet-Mind-Memoir-Madness/dp/0679763309#[/url] She talks a lot about why folks don't want medications and it is exactly what Lil has mentioned, the highs from the mania apparently are extraordinary. Many in my bio family are afflicted in some manner with some kind of mental illness. and not one of them would take medications. The toll that takes on the rest of the family is extraordinary as well, but in a completely different way. We ALL end up devastated. Tish, I'm sorry. Many of us here know how you feel. I do. And, although there is nothing I can do, or we can do to make any of this work out differently, we can do what we do best, we can circle our wagons around you, hold you in our thoughts and prayers and offer our empathy, understanding and compassion. We get it. You're not alone. We're right here with you. Take a deep breath and feel us with you.........hang in there Tish.......... [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Parent Emeritus
Prison visit with difficult child 1 didn't go well
Top