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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 282307" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Hello and welcome. I agree with the others that the best advice is for friend to get professional input and for her to seek out support for herself. You may want to invite her to visit here so she can see that she isn't alone. </p><p></p><p>If you were my friend I would want 1) no judgements 2) for a friend to ask questions like you really are interested and not just being polite 3) don't try to fix what you don't understand but help me to find the right supports 4) a break from the intensity. Invite me to lunch or to a movie. 5) try to be honest when you see your friend going over the top. </p><p></p><p>This is a path that most of us have to travel alone or with a spouse. Every outside support and friend is appreciated if it is giving what the parent needs and not what the friend needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 282307, member: 3"] Hello and welcome. I agree with the others that the best advice is for friend to get professional input and for her to seek out support for herself. You may want to invite her to visit here so she can see that she isn't alone. If you were my friend I would want 1) no judgements 2) for a friend to ask questions like you really are interested and not just being polite 3) don't try to fix what you don't understand but help me to find the right supports 4) a break from the intensity. Invite me to lunch or to a movie. 5) try to be honest when you see your friend going over the top. This is a path that most of us have to travel alone or with a spouse. Every outside support and friend is appreciated if it is giving what the parent needs and not what the friend needs. [/QUOTE]
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