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How do I help my mentally ill 20 year old?
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<blockquote data-quote="WorriedMum44" data-source="post: 723859" data-attributes="member: 22509"><p>She has Borderline Personality Disorder and she's been seeing mental health professionals since she was 13. However, there has been a gap in her care since she was 19 as we collectively decided to focus all our attention on getting her caught up in school (driving her to college ect as she didn't have her licence until recently). She's been hospitalised for suicide attempts in the past- it's actually the main reason she's behind academically and socially. In between different treatments, not having a driving licence due to her condition and living in a very secluded area she really hasn't been able to leave the nest at all before. This is the worst she's been in years but if we hospitalise her again she could easily lose her deferred university place and be left 22 in exactly the same situation. She wants to be caught up with her peers and ideally she'd be at university learning the skills she needs to be independent. Obviously I'd rather have her 25 and still living at home than forever 21 and dead for four years but pushing her too much seems to be just as dangerous as letting her wallow in hopelessness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WorriedMum44, post: 723859, member: 22509"] She has Borderline Personality Disorder and she's been seeing mental health professionals since she was 13. However, there has been a gap in her care since she was 19 as we collectively decided to focus all our attention on getting her caught up in school (driving her to college ect as she didn't have her licence until recently). She's been hospitalised for suicide attempts in the past- it's actually the main reason she's behind academically and socially. In between different treatments, not having a driving licence due to her condition and living in a very secluded area she really hasn't been able to leave the nest at all before. This is the worst she's been in years but if we hospitalise her again she could easily lose her deferred university place and be left 22 in exactly the same situation. She wants to be caught up with her peers and ideally she'd be at university learning the skills she needs to be independent. Obviously I'd rather have her 25 and still living at home than forever 21 and dead for four years but pushing her too much seems to be just as dangerous as letting her wallow in hopelessness. [/QUOTE]
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