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son is in partial hospitalization (PH)
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<blockquote data-quote="TheWalrus" data-source="post: 684280" data-attributes="member: 19905"><p>My daughter is the same way - bio dad is a junkie and alcoholic, disappeared from her life for YEARS with no explanation (no clue where he was - he could have been dead for all I knew), never financially or emotionally supported, never even tried to contact her, and in my opinion, has some sort of mental disorder himself.</p><p></p><p>My husband and I have been here her whole life. WE get the brunt of her abuse and bio dad gets none. I think a lot of her issues began with a feeling of abandonment, and there is a lot of research on how severely that affects a person, especially at a critical age in development. I never thought she needed therapy. She was a normal kid, a rebellious teenager, but nothing over the top.</p><p></p><p>It is hard to know all you have done and have hate and bile spit at you, and watch the parent who did all the WRONG things get off free as a bird. But those are issues your son has to deal with. I lay my head down at night knowing I did the best I could and made every choice out of love. Hindsight is 20/20. If I could go back, I would have put her in therapy. But I can't, and I didn't know. I can't beat myself up for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheWalrus, post: 684280, member: 19905"] My daughter is the same way - bio dad is a junkie and alcoholic, disappeared from her life for YEARS with no explanation (no clue where he was - he could have been dead for all I knew), never financially or emotionally supported, never even tried to contact her, and in my opinion, has some sort of mental disorder himself. My husband and I have been here her whole life. WE get the brunt of her abuse and bio dad gets none. I think a lot of her issues began with a feeling of abandonment, and there is a lot of research on how severely that affects a person, especially at a critical age in development. I never thought she needed therapy. She was a normal kid, a rebellious teenager, but nothing over the top. It is hard to know all you have done and have hate and bile spit at you, and watch the parent who did all the WRONG things get off free as a bird. But those are issues your son has to deal with. I lay my head down at night knowing I did the best I could and made every choice out of love. Hindsight is 20/20. If I could go back, I would have put her in therapy. But I can't, and I didn't know. I can't beat myself up for that. [/QUOTE]
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