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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 144453" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Yep, hygiene is killing me. I think part of my frustration is if he runs out of cigarettes he can carry through and go to the store. But if he runs out of toothpaste or loses his toothbrush, he's utterly clueless about what to do with that. The thought of picking up toothpaste with his (illegal) cigarettes is completely alien to him. Being negative Nelly, I picture him someday in an apartment (hopefully), not paying the electric bill, and spending his days literally as well as figuratively <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> in the dark because I honestly don't think he would connect the dots enough to solve the problem. I used to think if he couldn't internalize this stuff, maybe we could just train him to "get it", do stuff by rote. That's been a bust too so far. </p><p> </p><p>He's so afraid of failure that he fails before he even tries - somehow, that lessens the disappointment for him. It's completely out of the realm of possibility in his mind that he might actually succeed at something. It's heartbreaking, really.</p><p> </p><p>Star - psychiatric reports and a lot of highlighting pens. Underline every statement ever made as to difficult child's emotional disabilities, his faulty reasoning and impaired reality testing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 144453, member: 8"] Yep, hygiene is killing me. I think part of my frustration is if he runs out of cigarettes he can carry through and go to the store. But if he runs out of toothpaste or loses his toothbrush, he's utterly clueless about what to do with that. The thought of picking up toothpaste with his (illegal) cigarettes is completely alien to him. Being negative Nelly, I picture him someday in an apartment (hopefully), not paying the electric bill, and spending his days literally as well as figuratively ;) in the dark because I honestly don't think he would connect the dots enough to solve the problem. I used to think if he couldn't internalize this stuff, maybe we could just train him to "get it", do stuff by rote. That's been a bust too so far. He's so afraid of failure that he fails before he even tries - somehow, that lessens the disappointment for him. It's completely out of the realm of possibility in his mind that he might actually succeed at something. It's heartbreaking, really. Star - psychiatric reports and a lot of highlighting pens. Underline every statement ever made as to difficult child's emotional disabilities, his faulty reasoning and impaired reality testing. [/QUOTE]
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