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24 year old son severely depressed, I'm at wits end
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<blockquote data-quote="coel" data-source="post: 658110" data-attributes="member: 19101"><p>Thank you all so much for your great and concerning replies. He was seeing therapist, but she did no good. I think the main reason for that was he wasn't honest with everything. After reading some other threads, I suggested he volunteer at an animal shelter. He took his application there, but said it could take up to 2 weeks since they have so many volunteers. Also applied to a wildlife rehab place and some parks. He's interested in environmental planning so I told him to check out to see if there are any companies that do it where he could volunteer. Doubt he did that.</p><p>I asked the doctor if he was aspergers (has been seeing my son since 9th grade and didn't think so because he is social and in a way caring. Whereas my husband is the complete opposite which makes this even harder for me. He actually said if any one in my family is aspergers, it's my husband. </p><p>My son and I had a long talk this morning which is something he never did before and hopefully he wasn't lying but I don't think he was. He's stuck in a cycle and can't get out of it. He told me his biggest problem is that he does lie and doesn't understand why. As for classes, he says he stands at the door and jut can't get himself to go inside. Again he doesn't know why. This even happened with the classes he liked. Later he'll berate himself because he knows it's what he needs and then just figures why try. That's the cycke. It's something he ingrained in his mind because he was always til he was smart and when he talks, he sounds like a sciences dictionary. We have a meeting with his psychiatrist this coming Monday. Actually, I was planing to leave town tomorrow to get my daughter (youngest child) from scholar where she just graduated from but stayed another month. If I did that, it would be only my son and his father going to the meeting. Now I have 2 dilemmas. Do I stay to ratted the meeting also and spend less time out there with friends or go to the meeting and make a quick trip out o get her. The other dilemma is understanding why my son thins he screws up all the time, makes startup decisions, berates himself then gives up. He still wants to allege, but he can't even go back-to the cc since he failed all the classes he was taking. He has really made things bad for himself and I'm at a loss as to what to do. It's with me 24/7!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coel, post: 658110, member: 19101"] Thank you all so much for your great and concerning replies. He was seeing therapist, but she did no good. I think the main reason for that was he wasn't honest with everything. After reading some other threads, I suggested he volunteer at an animal shelter. He took his application there, but said it could take up to 2 weeks since they have so many volunteers. Also applied to a wildlife rehab place and some parks. He's interested in environmental planning so I told him to check out to see if there are any companies that do it where he could volunteer. Doubt he did that. I asked the doctor if he was aspergers (has been seeing my son since 9th grade and didn't think so because he is social and in a way caring. Whereas my husband is the complete opposite which makes this even harder for me. He actually said if any one in my family is aspergers, it's my husband. My son and I had a long talk this morning which is something he never did before and hopefully he wasn't lying but I don't think he was. He's stuck in a cycle and can't get out of it. He told me his biggest problem is that he does lie and doesn't understand why. As for classes, he says he stands at the door and jut can't get himself to go inside. Again he doesn't know why. This even happened with the classes he liked. Later he'll berate himself because he knows it's what he needs and then just figures why try. That's the cycke. It's something he ingrained in his mind because he was always til he was smart and when he talks, he sounds like a sciences dictionary. We have a meeting with his psychiatrist this coming Monday. Actually, I was planing to leave town tomorrow to get my daughter (youngest child) from scholar where she just graduated from but stayed another month. If I did that, it would be only my son and his father going to the meeting. Now I have 2 dilemmas. Do I stay to ratted the meeting also and spend less time out there with friends or go to the meeting and make a quick trip out o get her. The other dilemma is understanding why my son thins he screws up all the time, makes startup decisions, berates himself then gives up. He still wants to allege, but he can't even go back-to the cc since he failed all the classes he was taking. He has really made things bad for himself and I'm at a loss as to what to do. It's with me 24/7! [/QUOTE]
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