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A month in the hospital and no sign of improvement
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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 58824" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>I have no experience with my own in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - so I will let others answer the questions of getting better vs not. I do, however, have my own experience when I was 16 in a horrible, 1950's throwback of a mental hospital. This is, of course, not the norm nowadays, but back then it was the proper protocol to not let the teen see or talk to their parents for the duration of their stay. I was lucky to only be there only 6 months, but most were there for years. In my 6 months I had no contact, except for letters, from my parents or family. I know this lack of contact scarred me deeply. To this day, it evokes tears when I think about how much I wanted my mom to hug me, or my sister to be with me even for a minute.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion, I would not suggest, under any circumstance, limiting you child's contact with you as a motivation. I would send as many care packages, letters, and phone calls as you can - because at 16 teens are actually still really little inside. They need their parents, despite their crazy antics. Please know this is only my opinion based on my own biased experiences. I would ask the doctors what their opinion is. But I just wanted you to know from a 16 year olds perspective how important parental contact is - even if they are being manipulative, suicidal, etc. </p><p></p><p>On another note - has she made any progress revealing the abuse she wanted to tell you about? Or has that kinda dropped out of her radar screen. Do the doctors think she is still fabricating all of this? I really feel for you, as well as her......I can only imagine how hard this must be on all of you. You guys are in my thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 58824, member: 3301"] I have no experience with my own in Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - so I will let others answer the questions of getting better vs not. I do, however, have my own experience when I was 16 in a horrible, 1950's throwback of a mental hospital. This is, of course, not the norm nowadays, but back then it was the proper protocol to not let the teen see or talk to their parents for the duration of their stay. I was lucky to only be there only 6 months, but most were there for years. In my 6 months I had no contact, except for letters, from my parents or family. I know this lack of contact scarred me deeply. To this day, it evokes tears when I think about how much I wanted my mom to hug me, or my sister to be with me even for a minute. in my opinion, I would not suggest, under any circumstance, limiting you child's contact with you as a motivation. I would send as many care packages, letters, and phone calls as you can - because at 16 teens are actually still really little inside. They need their parents, despite their crazy antics. Please know this is only my opinion based on my own biased experiences. I would ask the doctors what their opinion is. But I just wanted you to know from a 16 year olds perspective how important parental contact is - even if they are being manipulative, suicidal, etc. On another note - has she made any progress revealing the abuse she wanted to tell you about? Or has that kinda dropped out of her radar screen. Do the doctors think she is still fabricating all of this? I really feel for you, as well as her......I can only imagine how hard this must be on all of you. You guys are in my thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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