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Bipolar son about to be homeless
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<blockquote data-quote="Laker16" data-source="post: 728386" data-attributes="member: 22808"><p>Carp_enough,</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your kind words and prayers and for sharing your struggles with your son.</p><p></p><p>I understand about not having a diagnosis, our son was an adult the first time he was hospitalized and they wouldn't tell us anything. Like your son, ours refuses treatment or even the idea that he has a problem. It makes you feel so helpless!!!</p><p></p><p>I feel your pain over the emails you mention. It is amazing to me that our sons have so little self awareness to see their own issues, but yet know just what to say to break our hearts.</p><p></p><p>Also like you I have a wonderful husband and a very successful happy younger daughter. They listen and give support, but you are right about the particular suffering we go through as moms. We also attend NAMI meetings which help us not to feel alone, although lately the meetings seem to be more about fund raising and planning events in the community. Those are necessary, but we are too overwhelmed right now to see beyond our current chaos.</p><p></p><p>I will pray for you and your son. It has been a long time since I've really prayed and my faith is pretty shaky, but we certainly are in situations that desperately need divine intervention.</p><p></p><p>It is hard to watch your child suffer because they won't/can't help themselves, but all we can do is love them in such a way that is healthy for both child & parent & acknowledge that we can't fix what is broken like when they were little. </p><p></p><p>A big hug to you too and know that you matter and that you aren't alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Laker16, post: 728386, member: 22808"] Carp_enough, Thank you for your kind words and prayers and for sharing your struggles with your son. I understand about not having a diagnosis, our son was an adult the first time he was hospitalized and they wouldn't tell us anything. Like your son, ours refuses treatment or even the idea that he has a problem. It makes you feel so helpless!!! I feel your pain over the emails you mention. It is amazing to me that our sons have so little self awareness to see their own issues, but yet know just what to say to break our hearts. Also like you I have a wonderful husband and a very successful happy younger daughter. They listen and give support, but you are right about the particular suffering we go through as moms. We also attend NAMI meetings which help us not to feel alone, although lately the meetings seem to be more about fund raising and planning events in the community. Those are necessary, but we are too overwhelmed right now to see beyond our current chaos. I will pray for you and your son. It has been a long time since I've really prayed and my faith is pretty shaky, but we certainly are in situations that desperately need divine intervention. It is hard to watch your child suffer because they won't/can't help themselves, but all we can do is love them in such a way that is healthy for both child & parent & acknowledge that we can't fix what is broken like when they were little. A big hug to you too and know that you matter and that you aren't alone. [/QUOTE]
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