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Adult son really edgy, tense and nervous - meltdown!
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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 307556" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Thank you for your replies. It's so good to unburden here with the "family" who don't judge me but just accept me the way I am. I appreciate what you have written. I am a little bit worried not to have heard from him at all. I presume he is OK, but I would like to be certain.</p><p></p><p>When he used to have meltdowns when he was younger, I was also younger and stronger and could cope with it better. But these days my husband and I have got used to a calmer way of life. difficult child sort of comes and goes and we try very hard to just carry on with our lives and accommodate him in such a way that it doesn't disturb us any more than necessary. Occasionally there are good moments, but usually we just sort of pass each other at different moments during the day, and that's how we all manage to get on. I feel a bit sad at the moment. I don't understand what drives him to be like this. He is intelligent, good looking, healthy, has friends. He hasn't studied anything at all, yet he has a very good general knowledge, reads a lot. He just can't hold down a job, and in any case any job he does is no challenge -- he delivers pizzas or washes down large milk trucks or stuff like that. When he was saving up to go to Thailand he held down a job because he was truly motivated. I just can't understand that sort of mindset. I know that if I work, I have money. If I don't work, I don't have money and we cannot cope. It's as simple as that. I suppose in his eyes I am some sort of sucker. I really find it hard to understand him.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, thanks for caring and for the hugs.</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 307556, member: 77"] Thank you for your replies. It's so good to unburden here with the "family" who don't judge me but just accept me the way I am. I appreciate what you have written. I am a little bit worried not to have heard from him at all. I presume he is OK, but I would like to be certain. When he used to have meltdowns when he was younger, I was also younger and stronger and could cope with it better. But these days my husband and I have got used to a calmer way of life. difficult child sort of comes and goes and we try very hard to just carry on with our lives and accommodate him in such a way that it doesn't disturb us any more than necessary. Occasionally there are good moments, but usually we just sort of pass each other at different moments during the day, and that's how we all manage to get on. I feel a bit sad at the moment. I don't understand what drives him to be like this. He is intelligent, good looking, healthy, has friends. He hasn't studied anything at all, yet he has a very good general knowledge, reads a lot. He just can't hold down a job, and in any case any job he does is no challenge -- he delivers pizzas or washes down large milk trucks or stuff like that. When he was saving up to go to Thailand he held down a job because he was truly motivated. I just can't understand that sort of mindset. I know that if I work, I have money. If I don't work, I don't have money and we cannot cope. It's as simple as that. I suppose in his eyes I am some sort of sucker. I really find it hard to understand him. Anyway, thanks for caring and for the hugs. Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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