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<blockquote data-quote="Echolette" data-source="post: 661568" data-attributes="member: 17269"><p>Did any of you see Silver Lining Playbook? Bradley Cooper plays a young man who is bipolar, and he is absolutely masterful at it. He attacks his wife's lover and crosses all kinds of boundaries, and when people are afraid of him he is surprised and tries to brush over it with a "yeah that was a mistake but I know better now, lets move on" approach. In one awful scene he is actually on top of his mother attacking her...when his psychiatrist tries to talk to him about the impact of that he quickly tries to brush by it because he just doesn't get, DOESNT WANT TO KNOW, that those things have huge, forever consequences.</p><p></p><p>Your son reminds me of Bradley Cooper. Who reminds me of my son.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am totally with Cedar on this. </p><p></p><p>It is totally OK that you need to keep buffering him. I get that. He is young, and you are scared for him, and mad at him, and embarassed by him, and all the other stuff that happens with DCs. </p><p></p><p>I don't think it will get better for you until you can stop engaging with him every day and let him sink or swim on his own. That time may not be now or soon for you or him, but I hope you find some relief in stepping away a little bit more each day.</p><p></p><p>Good luck to the two of you, and to him. Its hard.</p><p></p><p>Echo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolette, post: 661568, member: 17269"] Did any of you see Silver Lining Playbook? Bradley Cooper plays a young man who is bipolar, and he is absolutely masterful at it. He attacks his wife's lover and crosses all kinds of boundaries, and when people are afraid of him he is surprised and tries to brush over it with a "yeah that was a mistake but I know better now, lets move on" approach. In one awful scene he is actually on top of his mother attacking her...when his psychiatrist tries to talk to him about the impact of that he quickly tries to brush by it because he just doesn't get, DOESNT WANT TO KNOW, that those things have huge, forever consequences. Your son reminds me of Bradley Cooper. Who reminds me of my son. I am totally with Cedar on this. It is totally OK that you need to keep buffering him. I get that. He is young, and you are scared for him, and mad at him, and embarassed by him, and all the other stuff that happens with DCs. I don't think it will get better for you until you can stop engaging with him every day and let him sink or swim on his own. That time may not be now or soon for you or him, but I hope you find some relief in stepping away a little bit more each day. Good luck to the two of you, and to him. Its hard. Echo [/QUOTE]
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