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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 711437" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Colleen. What about exercise to use up some of this energy?</p><p></p><p>I live in a suburban/quasi rural environment, too. There are bike/walking trails and I find a great deal of peace walking, especially along a tiny creek. Maybe you or husband could walk with him. I am in this place, too.</p><p>Actually this makes sense to me, but I am thinking back to a time in my early life that my sleep was disordered. I was using uppers at work.</p><p></p><p>My son is like this too. I am thinking it is a characteristic of some Millennials, taken to an extreme. I was more worried a couple of years ago when he could not moderate his fixation on conspiracy theories that inflamed his anxiety. To the extent I began to worry about psychosis/delusions. It seemed that every week or so, there was another cataclysmic prediction.</p><p></p><p>I would not hear of it, this disturbed me so much. I am still concerned. It seems odd to me.</p><p></p><p>My son was the sweetest, kindest child. It is still there somewhere, but he can be cruel to me. I am only now setting stricter boundaries so that I am not so wounded by him.</p><p></p><p>I see my own son as having been "crushed" by life and having to dig himself out by finding meaning and purpose and defenses. In a similar way I was similarly affected after my mother died 3 and a half years ago.</p><p></p><p>I guess what I am saying here, Colleen, is that your son is working this out, with your support. This is a process, not a dichotomy. When you first came here to the forum it was as if you were crushed, too. Now you are not. You are dealing with it, and taking purposeful, sensible steps to walk through this, supporting and not enabling your child.</p><p></p><p>Nobody could be doing this better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 711437, member: 18958"] Colleen. What about exercise to use up some of this energy? I live in a suburban/quasi rural environment, too. There are bike/walking trails and I find a great deal of peace walking, especially along a tiny creek. Maybe you or husband could walk with him. I am in this place, too. Actually this makes sense to me, but I am thinking back to a time in my early life that my sleep was disordered. I was using uppers at work. My son is like this too. I am thinking it is a characteristic of some Millennials, taken to an extreme. I was more worried a couple of years ago when he could not moderate his fixation on conspiracy theories that inflamed his anxiety. To the extent I began to worry about psychosis/delusions. It seemed that every week or so, there was another cataclysmic prediction. I would not hear of it, this disturbed me so much. I am still concerned. It seems odd to me. My son was the sweetest, kindest child. It is still there somewhere, but he can be cruel to me. I am only now setting stricter boundaries so that I am not so wounded by him. I see my own son as having been "crushed" by life and having to dig himself out by finding meaning and purpose and defenses. In a similar way I was similarly affected after my mother died 3 and a half years ago. I guess what I am saying here, Colleen, is that your son is working this out, with your support. This is a process, not a dichotomy. When you first came here to the forum it was as if you were crushed, too. Now you are not. You are dealing with it, and taking purposeful, sensible steps to walk through this, supporting and not enabling your child. Nobody could be doing this better. [/QUOTE]
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