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Psychiatric Disorder? Hmmm.
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 314159" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Seeing it as an illness doesn't always help me like my difficult child more. It also doesn't make me more tolerant. Educating myself about, in my Oldest's case, borderline personality disorder, simply helps me understand my Oldest better. I don't use it to excuse her behavior. As a doctor once said to me, "if she has a personality disorder, you have to understand, this is <em>who she is</em>." I can't change that. I can only accept it, and learn to deal with it.. or *not* deal with it, as the case may be. I can change how I react, or don't react, to her behavior. The more I read about and understand the disorder, the more I can help myself deal with it. It's not about helping her, or even hoping she'll change, it's about helping myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 314159, member: 1157"] Seeing it as an illness doesn't always help me like my difficult child more. It also doesn't make me more tolerant. Educating myself about, in my Oldest's case, borderline personality disorder, simply helps me understand my Oldest better. I don't use it to excuse her behavior. As a doctor once said to me, "if she has a personality disorder, you have to understand, this is [i]who she is[/i]." I can't change that. I can only accept it, and learn to deal with it.. or *not* deal with it, as the case may be. I can change how I react, or don't react, to her behavior. The more I read about and understand the disorder, the more I can help myself deal with it. It's not about helping her, or even hoping she'll change, it's about helping myself. [/QUOTE]
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