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do you talk to your difficult child about their diagnosis or symptoms?
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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 463039" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>At this point, for you, I think this is a good plan.</p><p></p><p>IF you ever get some "normal" from her, as a result of medications working, you can try the logical approach. Starting with an analogy is always good too. Like when she gets a cold. Sometimes medicine helps the symptoms, but the cold is actually still there. Sometimes medicine only helps the symptoms a little bit, so you've got some relief, but still have symptoms. Sometimes the cold can make you vomit (poor behavior). Hopefully you can control it long enough to get to an appropriate location (acceptable expression of that poor behavior). But if you don't, it has to get cleaned up (accepting responsibility for your behavior). You can also use this in reverse. When she actually gets a cold or flu and complains of symptoms, you can refuse to acknowledge them saying that if she can't possibly have a mental illness, then she must be immune to all illnesses. (don't know if it will work, but it's worth a shot.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 463039, member: 11965"] At this point, for you, I think this is a good plan. IF you ever get some "normal" from her, as a result of medications working, you can try the logical approach. Starting with an analogy is always good too. Like when she gets a cold. Sometimes medicine helps the symptoms, but the cold is actually still there. Sometimes medicine only helps the symptoms a little bit, so you've got some relief, but still have symptoms. Sometimes the cold can make you vomit (poor behavior). Hopefully you can control it long enough to get to an appropriate location (acceptable expression of that poor behavior). But if you don't, it has to get cleaned up (accepting responsibility for your behavior). You can also use this in reverse. When she actually gets a cold or flu and complains of symptoms, you can refuse to acknowledge them saying that if she can't possibly have a mental illness, then she must be immune to all illnesses. (don't know if it will work, but it's worth a shot.) [/QUOTE]
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