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What to do when parents don't believe diagnosis!!!?
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 522063" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>I'm sorry. I didn't have this challenge with my own parents, but I do face it with my brother. He used to tell me that it wasn't possible for children to be bipolar. During one of Youngest's hospital stays when she was a teenager, he called me and said, "so how's the little mental patient?" I learned to divulge fewer and fewer facts to him over the years. I'm at the point now where I'm debating cutting him off for awhile, after an email I recently received from him regarding my Youngest getting married. He said, "I wish them the best of course, but know that you just can't cure stupid." Nice. </p><p></p><p>It hurts when you can't have the kind of relationship you'd like with a family member. It's hard to accept that you just can't change their attitude, no matter how carefully you try to explain something to them. It hurts that you just want unconditional love and support, but you get judgment and criticism instead. But to me it's about self-preservation. Family or not, if they're causing you additional stress, you sometimes just have to back off for awhile. You would never put up with such comments from a friend, so why would you put up with them from a family member? </p><p></p><p>Hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 522063, member: 1157"] I'm sorry. I didn't have this challenge with my own parents, but I do face it with my brother. He used to tell me that it wasn't possible for children to be bipolar. During one of Youngest's hospital stays when she was a teenager, he called me and said, "so how's the little mental patient?" I learned to divulge fewer and fewer facts to him over the years. I'm at the point now where I'm debating cutting him off for awhile, after an email I recently received from him regarding my Youngest getting married. He said, "I wish them the best of course, but know that you just can't cure stupid." Nice. It hurts when you can't have the kind of relationship you'd like with a family member. It's hard to accept that you just can't change their attitude, no matter how carefully you try to explain something to them. It hurts that you just want unconditional love and support, but you get judgment and criticism instead. But to me it's about self-preservation. Family or not, if they're causing you additional stress, you sometimes just have to back off for awhile. You would never put up with such comments from a friend, so why would you put up with them from a family member? Hugs. [/QUOTE]
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